The boy, 14, was involved in an exchange of gunfire with three people in a vehicle at a North Chicago gas station Sunday night when he was fatally wounded.
A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire with several individuals in a vehicle in North Chicago Sunday night and police later arrested three people in connection with the shooting after their vehicle crashed in the parking lot of a Waukegan Home Depot store, officials said.
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is handling the investigation, which spans from North Chicago to Waukegan, according to a news release from Heather Cognac, a sergeant with Wauconda police and a spokeswoman for the task force.North Chicago police initially responded to a Citgo gas station at the corner of 10th and Jackson streets about 5:15 p.m. for a report of shots fired near the 1000 block of South Jackson, officials said.
“Preliminary investigation shows the victim was at the Citgo station on Jackson Street when he engaged with several occupants of a vehicle in the Citgo parking lot. An occupant of the vehicle and the juvenile victim exchanged gunfire and the vehicle fled the area,” Cognac’s statement said.Officers in Waukegan located the vehicle involved in the shootout at the gas station, however, police did not release a description of the make, model or year of the vehicle.
The Lake County coroner’s office had not performed an autopsy as of Monday morning and the teen has not been identified, officials said. North Chicago police asked the Major Crime Task Force to assist with the investigation, Cognac said. Anyone with information should contact the North Chicago Police Department or leave an anonymous tip with Lake County CrimeStoppers at 847-662-2222 or online at
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