Flossmoor Officials Host Meetup For Teens To Talk After Shooting

FLOSSMOOR, IL — After a deadly shooting in Flossmoor on Halloween weekend, the village partnered with local officials to host a meetup for teenagers who witnessed the violence or felt affected by it.

Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson, Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly attended the meeting at Wiley's Grill on Sunday. There, officials told Patch numerous young people talked about the traumatic shooting and other instances of violence.

Shortly after midnight on Halloween, four people were shot outside a home in the 3800 block of Ballantrae Way, one of them fatally, according to police.

Authorities responded to the scene after receiving calls for a domestic disturbance and shots fired. When officials arrived, police said they found four people shot and immediately took them to local hospitals where Kevin R. Jones, 18, was pronounced dead.

Flossmoor Police Chief Tod Kamleiter told Patch nobody is in custody for the shooting and would not say if officials believed it was gang-related or not.

At least one of the people shot and wounded is a graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School. At last week's board meeting for District 233, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle reported Board President Gerald Pauling said he worries about students and graduates who were affected by the incident.

Representatives from non-profit organizations Good Kids Mad City and Purple Pathways were also present at the event to discuss ways for teenagers to move past the incident. Social workers from Homewood-Flossmoor High School were also at the talk.