An unidentified woman is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot at a residence on Elgin’s west side Tuesday evening.
At 6:31pm Tuesday, Elgin police officers responded to the 400 block of South Belmont Avenue for a reported shooting where they found an adult female with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. A 31-year-old man was with the woman.
The woman was subsequently transported to a local hospital and the man was taken into custody.
The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office has charged the man, who lived in the residence, with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (a Class X Felony); Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (a Class 1 Felony); Possession of Firearm by Street Gang Member (a Class 2 Felony); Possession of a Firearm by a felon (a Class 2 Felony); Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (a Class 2 Felony); and Two (2) counts of Domestic Battery (a Class A Misdemeanor).
On Thursday, the subject was transported to the Kane County Jail for a pre-trial detention hearing where the Judge ordered him to be detained pending a future court date.
This was the 62nd shooting incident in Elgin this year.
