Police: LITH Man Killed Woman, Himself in Apparent Murder-Suicide

A 39-year-old Lake in the Hills man is dead after he fatally shot a female acquaintance Friday night before turning the gun on himself, Carpentersville police told the Chicago Tribune Saturday. 

Anthony Rodriguez, with a last known address of Tecumseh Drive in Lake in the Hills, shot himself in front of police officers in the front lawn of a friend's home in the 1500 block of Amarillo Drive in Carpentersville around 10 p.m. Friday, accoring to the Chicago Tribune. 

Rodriguez shot himself minutes after Carpentersville police received an initial report around 9:39 pm. regarding a domestic disturbance and "a man with a gun" in the 0-100 block of Pueblo Road in Carpentersville, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Carpentersville police found a 39-year-old Carpentersville woman, whose name is not being released pending notification of family, dead at the scene, police told the Chicago Tribune. She had been shot twice.

The case remains under investigation by the Carpentersville Police Department. The Kane County coroner is handling both deaths. 

Correction: Suicide was incorrectly spelled in the original headline of this article. The misspelling has been corrected.