01-26-2010, 06:45 PM
4 charged in suburban robbery gone bad
Monday, January 25, 2010
By Sun-Times Media Wire
January 25, 2010 (WAUKEGAN) -- Four teens have been charged in connection with a robbery gone wrong that left a man critically injured last week in north suburban Waukegan.
The incident happened Thursday night, Jan. 21, in the 2000 block of Western Avenue, according to Waukegan police. Officers found a 42-year-old man seated on the ground next to his car bleeding from the head.
He had lacerations to the front and back of his head, and had suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, a release from police said. He was taken to Vista Health-Victory Memorial Hospital East in Waukegan in critical condition.
The victim remains in critical condition Monday evening, according to police.
Witnesses said they heard a gunshot and saw several people running from the scene. An officer responding to the scene saw a subject matching a description and stopped him, noting there was blood on his clothing, the release said.
Darrius Gunn, 18, of the 2100 block of Lorraine in Waukegan, was positively identified by a witness as one of the subjects seen fleeing the scene, the release said.
Police also apprehended three other Waukegan men within 10 hours of the shooting. They were Ja'Frai D. Bradshaw, 19, of the 600 block of 2nd Street; Michael J. Cook, 19, of the 500 block of Poplar; and Christopher N. Davis, 18, of the 2200 block of Linden, the release said.
All four were charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm, the release said.
Cook was ordered held on $2 million bond; Gunn and Bradshaw were ordered held on $1.5 million bond each; and Davis was ordered held on $750,000, the release said. All four remain in custody at the Lake County Jail.
Detectives determined the suspects intended to rob the victim after they saw him sitting in his car. After taking his cell phone, Cook allegedly shot the man as he and the others fled, the release said.
The victim's cell phone was recovered from one of the suspects, and the weapon used in the incident -- a .22 caliber sawed-off rifle -- was recovered from another suspect, according to police.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2010.)
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Monday, January 25, 2010
By Sun-Times Media Wire
January 25, 2010 (WAUKEGAN) -- Four teens have been charged in connection with a robbery gone wrong that left a man critically injured last week in north suburban Waukegan.
The incident happened Thursday night, Jan. 21, in the 2000 block of Western Avenue, according to Waukegan police. Officers found a 42-year-old man seated on the ground next to his car bleeding from the head.
He had lacerations to the front and back of his head, and had suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, a release from police said. He was taken to Vista Health-Victory Memorial Hospital East in Waukegan in critical condition.
The victim remains in critical condition Monday evening, according to police.
Witnesses said they heard a gunshot and saw several people running from the scene. An officer responding to the scene saw a subject matching a description and stopped him, noting there was blood on his clothing, the release said.
Darrius Gunn, 18, of the 2100 block of Lorraine in Waukegan, was positively identified by a witness as one of the subjects seen fleeing the scene, the release said.
Police also apprehended three other Waukegan men within 10 hours of the shooting. They were Ja'Frai D. Bradshaw, 19, of the 600 block of 2nd Street; Michael J. Cook, 19, of the 500 block of Poplar; and Christopher N. Davis, 18, of the 2200 block of Linden, the release said.
All four were charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm, the release said.
Cook was ordered held on $2 million bond; Gunn and Bradshaw were ordered held on $1.5 million bond each; and Davis was ordered held on $750,000, the release said. All four remain in custody at the Lake County Jail.
Detectives determined the suspects intended to rob the victim after they saw him sitting in his car. After taking his cell phone, Cook allegedly shot the man as he and the others fled, the release said.
The victim's cell phone was recovered from one of the suspects, and the weapon used in the incident -- a .22 caliber sawed-off rifle -- was recovered from another suspect, according to police.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2010.)
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