St. Charles police are continuing to investigate the Thursday afternoon events resulting in a 28-year-old man being hospitalized after calling police and saying he’d been shot.
“We believe this incident was isolated and contained to the home in question,” St. Charles Police Chief James Keegan said in a statement. “I thank everyone for their concern and understanding.”
Though initially reported as an armed robbery, police on Friday said based on witness interviews, evidence and information left at the scene, they don’t think there had actually been an armed intruder. However, police did not say whether they believe the man injured himself or if another person was involved. It was also not clear Friday if his injury was from a gunshot or something else.
“These interviews, coupled with both the time line of the events and the evidence evaluated by crime scene technicians, lead us to believe that the manner in which this crime was reported did not occur,” police stated in a news release.
About 2:25 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 3600 block of Grand View Court in St. Charles, where a caller said he’d been shot and that a residential burglary was in progress, police said.
The 28-year-old man who called had a wound in his shoulder area that is not considered to be life-threatening and St. Charles fire department medics took him to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, police said.
Nearby schools went on soft lockdown and delayed buses as police searched for a possible burglar on the loose. Police said they apologized for any inconvenience the safety measures caused parents, students and other drivers. However, police said, they were just trying to keep everyone safe.
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“As in any case involving the use of a weapon and the threat to public safety, an overabundance of caution was used in maintaining the safety of not only area residents but also students at nearby St. Charles North High School and those students being bused into the area from nearby grammar schools,” police said.
The man who called in the report was treated for his injuries but remains hospitalized at Delnor, police said.
Police said detectives are continuing to investigate and have been consulting with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office about “any criminal wrongdoing” involved.