Updates on the 3 shootings in East, West Dundee this past year

Three shootings, one leading to a homicide, passed off in East and West Dundee in 2022. An arrest has been made in a single, an arrest warrant issued within the second and the third stays unsolved.

That is the place issues stand as of at present, in accordance with the police chiefs in each cities.

Esporta Health Membership homicide, April 13

Sherron Sharpe, 36, an Elgin resident, was within the parking zone of the Esporta Health at 400 N. eighth St. in West Dundee at about 5:30 p.m. April 13 when he was struck down by shots fired by an unknown assailant. Shot within the head, Sharpe was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

Practically 9 months later, police don’t have a suspect within the case, West Dundee Police Chief Anthony Gorski stated.

“The case stays open and is actively being labored by our investigators, who’ve been following up on each accessible lead,” Gorski stated. “I guarantee you that the West Dundee Police Division will problem a launch when any expenses are licensed and/or warrants are issued.”

Sharpe beforehand lived in Gilberts and Poplar Grove, and had a legal previous that included an arrest in Elgin in 2006 for trying to run over a police officer and a stint in jail on felony expenses. On the time he died, he was awaiting Kane County prosecution on a felony mob motion cost relationship again to 2020.

Gorski stated they’re not disclosing loads of what they learn about Sharpe and the case as a result of they don’t need to jeopardize prosecution ought to an arrest be made.

They usually proceed to hunt witnesses to the capturing and any data folks may need concerning the incident, he stated. The detectives dealing with the case are Mike Slager and Paul Shipley, who will be reached at 847-551-3810.

Carol’s Nook capturing, July 10

East Dundee Police Chief James Kruger stated they’ve a suspect within the capturing that passed off about 2 a.m. July 10 inside Carol’s Nook, 5 E. Essential St. An arrest warrant was issued for Henry Black, 31, about two weeks after it occurred.

Nevertheless, Black stays at massive. He had been dwelling in Hoffman Estates, and now police imagine he could also be in Florida or Arkansas, Kruger stated.

He’s been charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and one depend every of aggravated discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm with no legitimate FOID, all felonies.

The sufferer had been in a struggle with Black and was shot a number of occasions with a 9mm pistol, police stated. Police discovered the person outdoors on Water Road, staggering in an space between the bar and the ATT constructing, they stated.

Initially taken to Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, the sufferer was later transferred to Advocate Lutheran Normal Hospital in Park Ridge for therapy. He has since been launched, Kruger stated.

D.C. Cobb’s capturing, Oct. 22

A struggle between two males at D.C. Cobb’s shortly earlier than 2 a.m. Oct. 22 led one man to punch the opposite, the blow inflicting the second man to drop a 9 mm handgun to the ground, East Dundee police stated. The primary man noticed it, grabbed it and fled the 311 Barrington Ave. restaurant/bar, in accordance with stories.

His companion, Elgin resident Amber M. Williams-Patterson, 30, went outdoors as nicely, retrieved a second gun from their car and fired it in the air several times earlier than the pair drove off, police stated.

An arrest warrant for Williams-Patterson on expenses of reckless discharge of a firearm and disorderly conduct was issued Oct. 31 and she or he turned herself in on the Kane County jail Oct. 22, Kruger stated.

Williams-Patterson advised police the gun she fired was both misplaced or stolen, he stated.

The person who misplaced his gun through the struggle reported it stolen on Nov. 1, Kruger stated. He possessed it legally and had a conceal carry allow issued in Wisconsin, he stated.

The gun stays lacking, and no different arrests have been made in reference to the theft or the bar struggle, the police chief stated.

Mike Danahey is a contract reporter for The Courier-Information.