Students Hear Gunshots While Waiting For Bus In Mount Prospect

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL — While waiting for the school bus Wednesday morning, four students from Lincoln Middle School heard multiple popping sounds, possibly gunshots, and saw a driver of a car holding what appeared to be a handgun out their window, according to police.

Police responded to the school at around 7:58 a.m. after one of the students alerted a school staff member about the suspicious incident from 30 minutes earlier near the intersection of Wille and Henry streets. After hearing the popping noises, they turned to see a tan four-door sedan driving through the intersection. As the sedan passed by the students, they reported seeing the driver holding a black-colored object, possibly a handgun, out of the driver’s side window. The driver didn’t say anything to the students and drove off eastbound on Henry Street toward Main Street (Route 83).

The driver of the vehicle was described as a white female in her late teens or early 20s, wearing glasses and long dark-colored hair, according to police. The students did not report any injuries as a result of this incident.

Officers and detectives responded to the area of the bus stop and after conducting a thorough search, were unable to locate any shell casings, bullet fragments, damage consistent with the use of a firearm or other evidence to determine the popping noises the juveniles heard were gunshots. Officers and detectives canvased the area near the bus stop, going door-to-door to talk with neighbors and check for any video surveillance footage of the vehicle or incident.

Police were unable to locate any vehicle or video footage that captured the incident, or anyone who saw or heard anything related to this incident. The Mount Prospect Police Department said it will have an increased presence in the area as a result of this incident.

Police said they will continue to investigate and request anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any video footage that might assist in identifying this vehicle and driver to contact the department’s Investigations Section at 847-870-5654.