Shooter Still At Large After Man Slain In Joliet

JOLIET — A 42-year-old Joliet was shot to death Saturday afternoon on Joliet's east side. His shooter fled before the Joliet police arrived.

On Sunday, the Will County Coroner's Office identified the man as Everett T. Cole Jr. of Joliet.

According to the police spokesman, Dwayne English, at 3:49 p.m., the officers responded to a house n the 800 block of Wenberg Street for shots fired. There, the officers found 42-year-old Cole with multiple gunshots, lying near the entrance of the residence.

Officers immediately rendered medical assistance until the arrival of Joliet Fire Department paramedics. Joliet Fire Department paramedics took Cole to Silver Cross Hospital, where he died.

Additional officers and detectives arrived and conducted an extensive canvass of the scene. Spent shell casings were found nearby. No other victims were found and a motive for this shooting is still under investigation, English said.

Detectives continued to investigate the slaying late Saturday night.

Anyone with video footage or information related to this shooting is encouraged to contact the Joliet Police Department Investigation Division at (815)724-3020. They can also contact Will County Crime Stoppers at 800-323-6734 or online if they wish to remain anonymous.

Joliet Patch just wrote about Cole a week ago, when he was arrested. That story was headlined: Joliet Landlord, 60, Viciously Attacked On Pine Street: Police

Patch reported that the 42-year-old Joliet man was arrested on Sunday, Sept. 29 by Joliet police in connection with a violent attack upon a 60-year-old landlord and the landlord's 69-year-old maintenance worker, as well as a tenant at a different property.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, Everett Cole was arrested and later released on a Notice to Appear on charges of aggravated battery and two counts of battery.

English said officers responded to a house in the 300 block of Pine Street for a report of battery at 9:48 a.m. Sept. 29. At the scene, officers learned that Cole had attacked people inside an apartment.

"It is believed that the 60-year-old landlord for the apartment and 69-year-old maintenance worker arrived to change the locks of the apartment following a past dispute with Cole after he had been warned to not be at the apartment, rented by a female," English said.

At the apartment, "Cole became angry and began choking the female landlord. Cole then punched the male in the face. A male tenant of a different apartment in the building attempted to intervene, and Cole punched him in the face as well," English said.