시카고에서 북서쪽으로 약 1시간20분 떨어진 크리스탈 레이크의 한인 가정집에서 총기난사 사건이 발생해 용의자를 포함해 한인 3명과 백인여성 1명이 사망했다.
일리노이주 맥헨리 카운티 검시국은 총격이 지난 9일 오전4시께 5805 와일드 플룸 로드의 주택에서 발생했으며 사망자들은 진 P. 송(44), 로렌 스미스 송(32), 송창희(73), 송유나(49)씨라고 밝혔다. 경찰이 현장에 출동했을 당시 여성 3명이 숨져 있었으며, 다른 여성 1명과 남성 1명은 중상을 입은 채로 발견됐다. 이들 2명은 병원으로 이송됐으나 남성은 사망했다.
경찰은 사망한 남성은 주택 공동소유주인 진 송씨로 송씨가 다른 가족 4명에게 총격을 가한 후 자살한 것으로 보고 있다. 중상을 입은 여성은 66세 수잔 송씨로 알려졌다. 총격 직후 수잔 송씨가 911에 신고한 것으로 전해졌다. 송씨는 “같은 집에 거주하는 사람이 가족들을 총으로 쏘고 있다”고 신고했다.
경찰 조사 결과 용의자와 피해자들은 총격이 발생한 주택에 거주해온 가족으로 드러났다. 맥헨리 카운티 셰리프국은 “가족간 다툼이 총격으로 번졌다”며 “40대 남성이 다른 4명에게 총격을 가한 후 스스로 목숨을 끊은 것으로 보인다”고 밝혔다. 경찰은 정확한 범행동기에 대해서는 아직 수사가 진행중이라며 언급을 피했다.
일간 시카고 트리뷴은 법원 기록을 인용, 용의자 진 송씨가 1997년 폭행 혐의로 기소돼 법원 관리감독 1년형을 선고받은 전력이 있다고 보도했다. 송씨는 ‘보라II’(BORAII)라는 이름의 권총집(holster) 업체를 운영해온 것으로 밝혀졌다. 송씨는 대표로 되어 있고, 숨진 로렌 스미스 송씨는 최고마케팅책임자(CMO)로 일해왔다. 로렌 스미스 송씨는 호주 태생으로 2014년 미국으로 건너와 진 송씨와 함께 보라II를 창업했다.

Authorities remained tight-lipped Friday about how or why four adult family members, including three women and a man, died Wednesday after a reported shooting in a home near Crystal Lake.
Police described the male, later identified as Jean Song, as the “aggressor” and said that they were responding to an early-morning call Wednesday from a woman who survived the attack saying that someone was “shooting their relatives.”
Police have not identified the woman who made the call, nor have they revealed her relationship to those killed.
Attempts for comment from the McHenry County Coroner’s Office and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office regarding what led to the deaths of Jean Song, 44; Lauren Smith-Song, 32; Chang Song, 73; and Yuna Song, 49; were unsuccessful Friday.
The coroner has not offered information as to the cause and manner of their deaths.
“Autopsies have been concluded, and [this] is an ongoing investigation, so no other information is to be given at this time,” McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein wrote in an email Friday. “Once we have more information, we will share when that does happen.”
Neither Rein nor the sheriff’s office provided an update on the condition of the fourth female relative who made the 911 call and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. On Thursday, they said she was in serious condition and remained in the hospital.
Police said they responded to the home about 4 a.m. Wednesday after the woman’s call to 911 that someone inside the home was “shooting their relatives.”
Jean Song, the alleged “aggressor,” died from his injuries after being taken to a hospital.
Throughout Wednesday and Thursday, investigators and crime scene technicians were in and around the home, shrouded by large trees, in the 5800 block of Wild Plum Road in the quiet Prairie Ridge neighborhood.
On Friday, vehicles from the sheriff’s office were seen back at the house.
Neighbors said they live in a safe neighborhood and they were shocked by the incident. No one interviewed said that they knew the family or details about them.
McHenry County Treasurer’s Office records show Jean and Yuna Song listed as the property owners since 2013.
Jean Song, who at times has gone by the name John Song, is listed as the president/owner, and Lauren Smith-Song the chief marketing officer, of Borall Inc., a company that sells pocket holsters for various guns, according to the company’s website.
The address listed for the company on the Illinois Secretary of State’s website is the same address as where the deaths occurred. A search on the Illinois Secretary of State’s website also showed BoraII was in “not good standing” with the state.
According to a statement on the site, Jean Song is the “creative brain” behind the gun holsters and “an avid shooter.”
“Our mission statement is to eliminate any excuse for people to leave their carry weapons at home,” according to a statement on the website.
The site also lists his and Lauren Smith-Song’s favorite guns.
Australian-born Lauren Smith-Song moved to the U.S. in 2014 and helped Jean Song establish the company, according to the website.
“Adopting American values, she is a supporter of the Constitution including the Second Amendment,” according to the statement on the company’s website. “Lauren is the creative designer behind our website and also heads all of our marketing and advertising campaigns.”
Jean Song has had two pocket holster designs patented, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website.
In 1997, Jean Song, who lived in Schaumburg at the time, was charged under the name of John Song with battery and criminal damage to property. He was convicted on each charge and sentenced to supervision, according to records in Cook County.
According to documents in the McHenry County courthouse, Jean Song was sued by a collection agency in 2022 for a credit debt of $7,142.20.