Beach Park shooting: 3 wounded after shots fired during mini-mart parking lot argument, police say

BEACH PARK, Sick. (WLS) — Three individuals had been wounded in a capturing in Seashore Park on Tuesday afternoon, police mentioned.

At about 1:15 p.m., Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a capturing on the Hoeksema’s Beer-Liquor Mini-Mart parking zone, situated within the 38900 block of North Lewis Avenue, however didn’t discover victims on the scene, police mentioned. One other deputy discovered a car close to Wadsworth Street and Gabriel Avenue with three individuals, two males and one lady, inside who had been shot.

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All three capturing victims had been taken to native hospitals. One man is in crucial situation and the opposite is in severe situation, police mentioned. The lady is in secure situation.

The group met the suspected shooter within the parking zone, the place they spoke for a short while earlier than an argument erupted, preliminary info indicated. The suspect then shot the victims, who had been of their car. He then fled in one other car earlier than deputies arrived.

The capturing doesn’t look like gang-related, police mentioned. Sheriff’s detectives are investigating and inspired anybody with info to name the Lake County Sheriff’s Workplace Prison Investigations Division at 847-377-4250 or contact Lake County CrimeStoppers at http://www.lakecountycrimestoppers.com/.