Ford Heights, IL – A 32-year-old Lynwood man was allegedly shot and killed early Saturday morning in Ford Heights, prompting a multi-agency homicide investigation across Cook and Lake Counties.
According to a press release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office, Michael Agee was positively identified after officials responded to Franciscan Hospital Dyer around 4:24 a.m. Saturday. The coroner’s office and a medicolegal death investigation team were notified and dispatched following reports of the incident.
Authorities allege Agee suffered multiple gunshot wounds in an incident occurring in the 1457 block of Regent Lane in Ford Heights. The emergency room physician pronounced him deceased at 7:15 a.m. Agee’s family later confirmed his identity at the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
A forensic autopsy was performed Monday, July 7, at the Lake County Forensic Center in Crown Point, Indiana. The official cause of death was listed as homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner’s findings.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department and Sauk Village EMS were reportedly among the agencies involved in the response and investigation. As of Monday, no arrests or suspects have been publicly named, and police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department as the investigation remains ongoing.
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