Just after 1:30 a.m. on June 8, 2025, Anthony Hernandez, 20, male, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 2200 block of Eves Circle East in DeKalb, Illinois, a residential area known as the Meadowlark Townhomes. Officers converged after numerous 911 calls, rendered aid at the scene and arranged transport to a hospital in Rockford. Days later, authorities confirmed that Anthony Hernandez, 20, had died from his injuries.
At the scene, another man told officers he was the one who had called 911 and that he shot Anthony Hernandez, 20, after a fight. Police recovered and secured a firearm and noted that the man possessed a valid Firearm Owner's Identification card and a concealed carry license. According to officials, he cooperated with investigators and was taken in for questioning.
The investigation moved from the first chaotic minutes into a broader inquiry spanning the following week as detectives worked to reconstruct what happened in the parking courts and walkways of the townhome complex. Public updates reiterated that Anthony Hernandez, 20, male, had been shot multiple times in the early morning hours and that he later died of those wounds, a sequence of events that weighed heavily on a neighborhood tucked just northwest of Northern Illinois University's main corridor.
As of the initial public statements that followed his death, no arrests or criminal charges had been announced. Police said the man who admitted to shooting Anthony Hernandez, 20, remained cooperative while the case stayed open, and they asked anyone with information to come forward. Authorities characterized the inquiry as ongoing and did not release the shooter's name.
