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Algonquin Teen Expected to Enter Plea in 2010 Fatal Shooting of Father

David W. Szalonek is accused of killing his father, Brian Sazlonek, in their Algonquin home.

An Algonquin teen who fatally shot his father in their Algonquin home on Feb. 8, 2010 is expected to enter a guilty but mentally ill plea to a second-degree murder charge, according to the Northwest Herald.

David W. Szalonek, now 19 years old, is accused of shooting his father, Brian Sazlonek, who was 51 years old, in the head with a shotgun at their home on Westbourne Parkway, according to the article. Szalonek's defense attorney told the Northwest Herald his client has Asperger's syndrome and spent time in psychiatric care before the shooting

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