Man Charged With Fatally Shooting Brother In Joliet
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 28-year-old man has been charged with killing his brother in a shooting early Sunday near southwest suburban Joliet.
Chris Perez faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of his brother, Ricardo Perez, the Will County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday.
Officers were called at 12:24 a.m. Sunday to a home at 1462 Sterling Ave. in Joliet Township for a report of a person shot, the sheriff's office said. Officers found 36-year-old Ricardo Perez, of Joliet, dead on the second floor of the home with a gunshot wound to to his head.
Chris Perez lives at the home where the shooting took place and gave a detailed confession to investigators, according to the sheriff's office.
The circumstances of the shooting were not released Sunday.
Perez was expected to appear in bond court Monday.
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