Carjackers shoot man in ankle, steal his car in Washington Park
Six people approached the victim while he was near his car in the 5600 block of South Prairie Avenue
Six people approached the victim while he was near his car in the 5600 block of South Prairie Avenue
Joliet police said around 9:12 p.m., officers responded to a residence in the 200 block of Henderson Avenue for a report of two people who were shot.
Police said three men were near the sidewalk outside a liquor store when they were approached by the four men, who drove up in two cars, ran toward the store, and started firing.
Investigators marked at least 38 shell casings on the scene.
"I tried to keep him alive for his kids," said a woman who provided first aid after the shooting.
A home security camera captured a person running down Pittsburgh Avenue, away from the spot where the 24-year-old father had been shot in the chest.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 68.
Police said three men were near the sidewalk when they were approached by the four suspects, who pulled out handguns and fired shots.
Officers responded to a person shot and found the unidentified victim, between 18-25 years of age, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body in the rear stairway of a residential complex.
The victims were unable to provide further details of the incident.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 7400 block of South State Street in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.
The victim was taken to Loyola Hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the chest and was later pronounced dead.
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Prosecutors said there was a clear history of issues between the alleged shooter and his neighbor, a white woman who had two Black sons.
The man charged with shooting his neighbor in the southwest suburbs is now being charged with a hate crime. John Shadbar, 70, appeared before a Will County judge on Thursday and was denied release. The Will County State's Attorney's Office outlined what they said was a clear history of issues between him and Melissa Roberson, a white woman who had two Black sons. Prosecutors said Shadbar would regularly antagonize them with racial slurs.
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Six people approached the victim while he was near his car in the 5600 block of South Prairie Avenue
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