Two Arrested After Zion Man Shot In Back

ZION, IL — Two people have been arrested in Monday shooting of a man in Zion. The Zion Police Department with the Lake Count Sheriff's office Warrants Team and the U.S. Marshals Service-Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force (USMS-GLRFTF) arrested 21-year-old Tyreik D.M. Jackson, a documented street gang member from Zion, on a warrant for aggravated battery with a firearm, the sheriff's office said, in a news release. Authorities obtained the warrant Tuesday with Jackson's bond set at $1 million, and arrested him at 9 a.m. Thursday, the news release said.

According to the sheriff's office, detectives also arrested a 15-year-old boy who is accused of being an accomplice in the shooting, and was referred to the Robert W. Depke Juvenile Justice Center Tuesday.

The shooting victim, a 21-year-old man from Zion, was shot in the back Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of Elizabeth Avenue, and sustained a non-life-threatening injury. According to the sheriff's office, the victim told officers he was shot during an attempted robbery after he arranged to sell THC vaping cartridges over social media.

According to the sheriff's office, Jackson had a handgun when authorities located him Thursday morning in the 2900 block of Elisha Avenue. The sheriff's office said the gun will be sent to the Northeastern Illinois Regional Crime Lab to determine if it's the same gun used in the Monday shooting.

The sheriff's office said Jackson appeared in bond court Thursday, and now faces another charge — unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. The judge kept his bond at $1 million, the release said.

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