Overview
- Des Plaines officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance in the 2000 block of Touhy Avenue, and a resident, 21-year-old Ayham Babidi, was shot and later died at a hospital.
- Police closed Touhy Avenue between Des Plaines River Road and Scott Street while investigators spent hours processing the scene and placed at least five evidence markers near what reporters observed as shell casings.
- The Des Plaines Police Department has requested the Major Case Assistance Team to carry out a third‑party, impartial investigation of the officer-involved shooting.
- Babidi’s father and several neighbors told reporters he struggled with mental illness and did not have a gun, statements that the police have not confirmed.
- The regional Major Case Assistance Team is routinely used to examine use-of-force cases and its findings will determine whether criminal charges or departmental action follow and will take time to complete.