Man Shoots HImself in City Park

At approximately 9:41 last night Kankakee Police responded to Alpiner Park in the 600 block of West Merchant Street in reference to a gunshot victim. Upon arrival, officers met with a witness who said he observed an older white male park a vehicle in the parking lot and walk towards the baseball fields. He stated the man laid down on the ground, covered himself with a tarp and shot himself. Paramedics immediately transported the victim to St Mary’s Hospital where he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The victim was 68 years of age.