A 33-year-old man was killed Sunday after police said he unlawfully entered the home of an Arlington Heights woman who had a restraining order against him, and another man who was visiting her and had a conceal carry license fatally shot the intruder.
According to an Arlington Heights Police Department news release, police were called at around 1:40 p.m. Sunday to a unit in the Arbor Lakes Apartment Complex, in the 4200 block of North Bloomingdale Avenue, in the northwest suburb.
The release states that the woman who lives in the apartment called police to report that the man, now identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Jimmie Jackson Franklin, had entered her home and was shot by someone who was visiting her.
“The [woman] did have an active Order of Protection prohibiting contact” by Franklin, authorities stated in the release.
It was not immediately clear where Franklin lived or why he was at the woman’s apartment.
Police said in the release that after Franklin had entered the apartment, he “immediately attacked a male guest, quickly gaining a position of physical dominance. During the encounter, the male guest retrieved a handgun and fired one round into [Franklin], striking his upper body.”
Following an autopsy, the medical examiner’s office ruled Franklin’s death a homicide as a result of a gunshot wound to his chest.
Arlington Heights police officials stated in the release that the shooter has a valid Illinois Concealed Carry License, and he and the woman cooperated with police who arrived on the scene.
In addition to Arlington Heights police, the village fire department and officers from the Buffalo Grove Police Department also responded to the scene, the release explains. The Major Case Assistance Team was also activated to assist with the investigation.
Detectives conferred with prosecutors from the Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney’s Office, according to the release.
“Criminal charges will not be sought at this time,” the release states.
