{"id":100644,"date":"2026-07-09T17:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/100644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:21:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:21:04","slug":"no-foul-play-suspected-after-store-employee-dies-from-gunshot-wound-outside-walmart-in-lake-zurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/100644\/","title":{"rendered":"No foul play suspected after store employee dies from gunshot wound outside Walmart in Lake Zurich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walmart-store2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" height=\"522\" width=\"890\" data-lazy- data-lazy- class=\"wp-image-114616 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walmart-store2.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walmart-store2.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"890\"   class=\"wp-image-114616 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/a>Police found a deceased man in his 30s suffering from a self-inflicted wound outside the entrance of Walmart, 820 South Rand Road in Lake Zurich, Friday evening. | Photo: Google Street View<\/p>\n<p>No foul play is suspected after a store employee was found dead suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the entrance to Walmart in Lake Zurich Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department and Lake Zurich Police Department responded around 8:27 p.m. Friday to the Walmart, 820 South Rand Road in Lake Zurich, for a report of a person shot.<\/p>\n<p>911 callers reported the victim was unconscious and not breathing, according to emergency radio traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Zurich Deputy Police Chief Colin Gaffney said it was reported that a male subject was suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived and located the victim outside the entrance to the store.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics arrived and pronounced the male subject dead at the scene, Gaffney said.<\/p>\n<p>Crime scene tape was set up in the area as officers investigated.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake County Coroner\u2019s Office was notified, responded to the scene and began an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton said the victim was a man in his 30s from Island Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The man was a third-shift employee at the Walmart who had just been dropped off for work by a family member, Newton said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred just outside the west entrance\/exit to the Walmart while the store was open and people were nearby.<\/p>\n<p>No foul play is suspected and the investigation indicates the wound was self-inflicted.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is in crisis or experiencing thoughts of suicide should seek help. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available 24\/7 as a free, confidential emotional support line by dialing 988 or 800-273-8255. The hotline can also be reached through text message by texting TALK to 741-741.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police found a deceased man in his 30s suffering from a self-inflicted wound outside the entrance of Walmart,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[14321,4573,49760,13228,51],"class_list":["post-100644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zurich","tag-death-investigation","tag-lake-zurich","tag-person-shot","tag-walmart","tag-zurich"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116891175052145602","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}