Hoffman Estates Boy's Death Likely An Accident

Police believe the Saturday death of an 11-year-old boy in Hoffman Estates was an accident, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Hoffman Estates police were called to a home in the 1200 block of Mallard Lane at 1:44 p.m. Saturday. Police said that the boy was unconscious and not breathing when they arrived. He was taken to Saint Alexius Medical Center and pronounced dead at 3 p.m.

The boy had a puncture wound to his chest, but an autopsy did not find what had caused the wound and a gunshot had been ruled out, the newspaper reported. The Daily Herald reported that neighbors said they heard that the boy was playing on Cook County Forest Preserve property and fell out of a tree.

The boy's home is located about a block from the forest preserve and Cook County Forest Preserve police assisted Hoffman Estates in the investigation.