Roads closed in NW suburbs after man found shot, killed in crashed car; drivers advised to avoid area

Roads in northwest suburban Palatine were closed Tuesday and a death investigation was underway after a man was found shot and killed in a car that had crashed into multiple other vehicles, including a garbage dumpster.

The incident happened about 9:39 p.m. Monday, police said, with officers responding to the 1200 block of E. Prairie Brook Drive for reports of a car that had crashed into several parked vehicles. When officers arrived, they found a 20-year-old man in the driver’s seat of black Audi with a gunshot wound.

The man was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said…

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