Barrington Neighbors Shed Light On Fatal Shooting Of Well-Known Doctor
BARRINGTON, IL — A well-known endocrinologist, who practiced in recent years in Crystal Lake and Mundelein, was fatally shot at a townhome in Barrington just hours after making a presentation to a medical association Sunday.
Olgo Duchon, 42, died at a suburban hospital after police were called to the residence in the 400 block of West Russell Street at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday. Preliminary results from an autopsy show a single gunshot wound to the chest killed Duchon, of the 800 block of Sagatuck Trail in Vernon Hills, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
Neighbors told ABC 7 Chicago the man who lived at the townhome shared a 2-year-old daughter with Duchon. A next-door neighbor said they never heard a gunshot but did hear a toddler crying. Shortly after, “the police started showing up,” Juliana Etling told ABC 7.
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Officers did remove a child from the home, ABC 7 is reporting.
As of Tuesday morning, no information has been released regarding an arrest or charges filed in the case. Police have said there’s “no threat to the public,” and they are referring to the fatal shooting as a “domestic-related incident between family members.”
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Hours before she went to visit the Barrington townhome, Deuchon spoke at a Ukrainian Medical Association of North America meeting, a doctor told NBC Chicago. The meeting was held in Wheeling, according to media reports.
Duchon founded HLS Endocrinology in Mundelein and completed her endocrinology training at the University of Chicago at the time of the COVID Pandemic. She joined Northwestern Medicine after completing her fellowship, returning to practice first at Crystal Lake and Huntley locations before moving “closer to home and family in Mundelein,” according to the HLS Endocrinology website.
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Duchon left Northwestern last summer but “remained affiliated with our organization as a member of our medical staff and continued to treat patients independently,” according to statement from Northwestern.
“We are learning about this tragic event in real time and we are devastated to hear this news. Our sympathies go out to her family during this difficult time,” the statement read.
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