North Chicago shooting: Suspects crash vehicle in Home Depot lot after boy, 14, killed, police say

North Chicago Police Division officers had been dispatched at 5:15 p.m. to a report of pictures fired within the 1000 block of Jackson Avenue, the place they discovered a critically injured 14-year-old boy. He was transported to an space hospital, the place he succumbed to his accidents and was pronounced useless shortly after arriving.

The boy was on the Citgo station on Jackson Avenue when he engaged with a number of folks in a automobile within the Citgo parking zone, preliminary investigation confirmed. The boy exchanged gunfire with an occupant and the automobile fled the realm.

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Waukegan law enforcement officials situated the suspect automobile, stated stated the Lake County Main Crime Activity Power. A short while later, the automobile crashed within the parking zone of the Waukegan House Depot. The automobile’s occupants fled from officers and three suspects had been taken into custody contained in the enterprise.

North Chicago Police Detectives and Activity Power Investigators are actively investigating the murder.

The Lake County Coroner’s Workplace is within the means of scheduling an post-mortem. Authorities requested anybody with data to contact the North Chicago Police Division or go away an nameless tip with Lake County CrimeStoppers at 847-662-2222 or www.lakecountycrimestoppers.com/