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Alexander Hoegner

A case involving a first-degree murder charge in the 2025 shooting death of Joseph Kalamaris in Des Plaines.

Charged · allegations
last updated 22 August 2026 · 2 sources
Confirmed facts
9
Open questions
5
Stage
Charged
Incident
23 Jul 2025
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Case file Alexander Hoegner, reference D C zero one five one. CBS Chicago reported that Des Plaines police said officers responded around four twenty-five p.m. on July twenty-third, twenty twenty-five, to a report of a shooting in the nine hundred block of North Avenue. CBS Chicago reported that police said officers found a man dead in a parked car with gunshot wounds. CBS Chicago reported that Des Plaines police identified him as Joseph Kalamaris, thirty-three, of Rosemont, Illinois. CBS Chicago reported that police said a family member found Kalamaris and called nine one one, and that police said there was no threat to the public while they investigated. CBS Chicago reported that Alexander Hoegner was arrested at a gas station in Huntley on August twelfth, twenty twenty-six. CBS Chicago reported that Hoegner, thirty-six, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Kalamaris; the charge remains a pretrial allegation. CBS Chicago reported that investigators said DNA and ballistic evidence linked Hoegner to the gun found at the scene. CBS Chicago reported that a judge ordered Hoegner held at Cook County Jail while awaiting trial. The file’s open questions include the next court date, any plea, the docket number, what authorities reported about the other man in the vehicle, and whether additional charging documents have been filed or released. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one five one at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed9 entries
23 July 2025
Des Plaines police said officers responded around 4:25 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 900 block of North Avenue.
CBS Chicago
23 July 2025
Des Plaines police said officers found a man dead in a parked car with gunshot wounds.
CBS Chicago
23 July 2025
Des Plaines police identified the man as Joseph Kalamaris, 33, of Rosemont, Illinois.
CBS Chicago
23 July 2025
Des Plaines police said a family member found Kalamaris and called 911.
CBS Chicago
23 July 2025
Des Plaines police said there was no threat to the public and that they were investigating.
CBS Chicago
12 August 2026
CBS Chicago reported that Hoegner was arrested at a gas station in Huntley.
CBS Chicago
13 August 2026
Alexander Hoegner, 36, was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Joseph Kalamaris; the charge is at the pretrial stage and remains an allegation.
CBS Chicago
13 August 2026
Investigators said DNA and ballistic evidence linked Hoegner to the gun found at the scene.
CBS Chicago
13 August 2026
At Hoegner's first court appearance, a judge ordered him held at Cook County Jail while awaiting trial.
CBS Chicago
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What is the next scheduled court date?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What plea, if any, has been entered in court?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What is the exact court docket or case number?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What did authorities report about the other man in the vehicle?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Have prosecutors filed or released additional charging documents beyond the reported charge?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
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