Crime & Safety

1 Dead in Weekend Liquor Store Shooting; Police Investigating Witness Accounts

No arrests have been made in the Friday night shooting outside K & N Liquors in Chicago Heights. One man was killed and two others were treated for leg wounds.

Police continue to search for information about a shooting Friday night outside of a Chicago Heights liquor store in which one man was killed and two others were wounded.

Joshua Garcia, 18, of South Chicago Heights, was pronounced dead after he was taken to St. James Hospital, police said. The two other men were treated for gunshot wounds to the legs.

Investigators have interviewed several witnesses and are looking for more to piece together what happened at about 9:12 p.m. outside K & N Liquors, 2301 Chicago Road, police said. No arrests have been made.

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The Chicago Heights Police Department Detective Division and the South Suburban Major Crime Task Force are working together on the investigation.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call Chicago Heights police at (708) 756-6400.

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