(*22*)WILLOWBROOK, Ill. – A suburban Chicago man has been charged in connection with a June shooting where one individual died and 22 others were injured, government stated Friday.
The 19-year-old Aurora man is charged with one rely of annoyed discharge of a firearm and one rely of annoyed illegal use of a weapon, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin stated.
The man was once denied pretrial unlock all through a court docket look Friday, Berlin stated.
AP isn’t naming him till we have now reached him, his legal professional or different consultant for remark.
The (*1*) at a strip mall car parking zone in Willowbrook where loads of other folks had collected to have a good time Juneteenth, government stated.
The man charged was once with a gaggle of people status out of doors a attractiveness provide retailer when he started shooting a .45-caliber handgun in the path of folks on the birthday celebration, Berlin stated. After the shooting, the man fled the scene, the prosecutor stated. DuPage County sheriff’s deputies took the man into custody Wednesday.
Reginald Meadows, 31, of Willowbrook died in the shooting. The Aurora man has no longer been charged in Meadows’ demise.
The shooting brought about statements on the time through the White House and Illinois’ governor.
Gov. JB Pritzker stated in a observation that he was once tracking the investigation.
“Gathering for a holiday gathering should be a joyful occasion, not a time where gunfire erupts and families are forced to run for safety,” Pritzker stated.