Two people, both in their teens, are being held as persons of interest in Wednesday’s gunshot death of a Carpentersville high school student, Carpentersville police said.
One suspect is a 19-year-old man and the other a 16-year-old male juvenile. No names will be released until charges are authorized by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, the police report said.
The shooting took place about 8:35 p.m. in the first block of Robin Road, where the victims were seated in a car and drove to the first block of Birch Street before calling for help.
A 17-year-old youth whose name has not been released was found laying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head, police said. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Two other people were taken to the hospital with non-life-theatening injuries.
Police said Friday they believe the case to be an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community beyond what occurred.
The case remains under investigation by the Carpentersville Police Department and Kane County Major Crimes Task Force. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Sgt. Alan Webb at 847-551-3481 or QuadCom Dispatch at 847-428-8784.
