Officials: Brothers found outside Highland Park fire died from gunshot wounds
Posted June 05, 2024 8:36 am
Lake County authorities have identified two men found dead outside a burning home in Highland Park early Wednesday morning.
Marc Austwick, 63, of Lake Forest, and John Austwick, 60, of Mundelein, both died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Lake County coroner’s office.
Highland Park officials said firefighters were called to the home on the 1700 block of Park Avenue just before 4 a.m.
Park Avenue was closed for several hours.
Both the deaths and the fire remain under investigation by Highland Park Police and the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.
The investigation so far indicates that the fire and the men’s deaths appear to be isolated and there is no threat to the community, Lake County officials said.
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