Coroner IDs 4 Killed In Crystal Lake Domestic Incident

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — The McHenry County Coroner's Office has released the identities of the all four people who died in a domestic incident near Crystal Lake early Wednesday.

Chang Song, 73; Yuna Song, 49; and Lauren Smith-Song, 32 were identified as the three women found dead at the home at 5805 Wild Plum Road when authorities arrived at about 4 a.m. Wednesday. Jean Song, 44, was taken to a local hospital where he also died, according to the coroner's office.

The causes of their deaths have not yet been released.

Police said the residents were family members. It was not clear as of late Thursday afternoon how they were related to each other.

A woman, who is the sole survivor in the attack, called police to report the attack early Wednesday. She told police there was "a single household member shooting their relatives."

She was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to authorities.

Authorities have referred to the man in the attack as the "aggressor." Additional information on what led to the domestic incident has not yet been released.

The incident happened at a single-family home on a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood just east of Crystal Lake.

Holly Cote, who lives in the neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said residents living there are friendly and referred to her a neighborhood as a "tight-knit community," according to the Daily Herald.

Cote, a social worker at nearby Prairie Grove School, told the newspaper she was "hoping and praying there aren't kids involved."

Other neighbors said they did not hear anything overnight at the home and woke up to find TV news crews on the street.

Sage Brossard, 19, lives two doors down from the townhome where the shooting happened and said that she believed there were multiple generations living there, according to Shaw Local News Network.

Peggy Caldrone, who has lived at the corner Wild Plum and White Ash roads since 2013, said she slept with her window open last night and did not hear anything, according to the article.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office and the Major Investigation Assistance Team is investigating the domestic incident.

Patch has reached out to the sheriff's office and coroner's office for more information, but has not yet heard back.

This is a developing story. Check back for more details.