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Elgin police need help finding shooter

Elgin police are asking anyone with information about a shooting early Saturday near downtown to contact them.

After hearing gunfire, police found a 29-year-old man shot in the arm at 3:35 a.m. in the 100 block of Center Street.

The man said he got into an argument with a male stranger who pulled a gun on him.

The victim was treated for nonlife threatening injuries at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin.

Tips can be called into the police at (847) 289-2600. Information can be offered anonymously at (847) 695-4195 or by texting 847411 and inserting ELGINPD at the start of the text.