A suspect is in custody following a SWAT standoff in Round Lake after a 77-year-old man was shot to death inside his own apartment in Fox Lake Monday evening.

The Fox Lake Police Department responded around 9:35 p.m. Monday to the 0-100 block of Mineola Road in Fox Lake for a report of shots fired.

Officers arrived and located a 77-year-old man, who lived at the residence, with an apparent gunshot wound, according to Lake County Major Crime Task Force Spokesman Christopher Covelli.

The man was deceased upon the arrival of the responding officers.

The person who called 911 informed dispatchers that a man and woman entered a minivan and fled from the scene following the shooting.

A regional police broadcast was issued to local law enforcement to advise of the incident and the description of the individuals and vehicle that fled from the scene.

The Fox Lake Police Department requested the assistance of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.

Covelli said a preliminary investigation shows the victim invited the woman over to his home.

While she was at his residence, the man entered and shot the victim. The woman and the man then fled in the minivan.

 

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