Woman wounded, man killed in north suburban shooting; 2 arrested: sheriff

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026 9:26PM
Woman wounded, man killed in suburban shooting; 2 arrested: sheriff

MUNDELEIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Two people were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in north suburban Mundelein, police said.

Mundelein police responded about 11:40 a.m. to an apartment in the 500-block of Deepwoods Drive for a reported shooting, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.

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Police found a woman who had been shot. She suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.

A man was also taken to a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound, where he later died, police said.

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Mundelein police put out a description of a suspect vehicle, which Illinois State police located on an interstate near the Indiana border.

Police pulled the vehicle over and arrested a man and woman.

Video showed a large police response in Mundelein after the shooting.

Investigators believe the shooting was targeted and domestic in nature.

The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is investigating.

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