Michigan State College basketball participant Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot Saturday whereas visiting his hometown of Joliet, Illinois.
Yahoo Sports activities reported that Fears was shot within the leg and underwent surgical procedure for a non-life-threatening damage.
The Joliet Police Division launched an announcement on the capturing incident. The assertion mentioned, “On December 23, 2023, at 3:44 AM, Officers responded to a residence within the 300 block of St. Jude Avenue for 2 individuals inside the house that had been shot. Upon arrival, Officers positioned a 19-year-old feminine who had sustained a gunshot wound to the pelvis and an 18-year-old male with a gunshot wound to the left thigh.”
Fears is the 18-year-old who was shot within the thigh.
The Joliet Police Division’s assertion continued:
A preliminary investigation of this capturing decided that each victims have been contained in the residence with others at which period it’s believed {that a} male suspect armed with a handgun entered the residence by the entrance door and started firing contained in the residence, putting each victims. The suspect then ran from the residence. Each capturing victims have been transported to Ascension St. Joseph Medical Middle by the Joliet Hearth Division in steady situation.
Illinois has an “assault weapons” ban, a “excessive capability” journal ban, a crimson flag legislation, a 72-hour ready interval on gun purchases, and a licensing requirement for authorized gun possession. The method of acquiring a gun license, a Firearm Homeowners Identification (FOID) card, contains passing a background test performed by the Illinois State Police.
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