Charges In Worth Shooting Pending DNA Analysis, 3 Or More In Custody

WORTH, IL — Worth police apprehended “multiple individuals” believed connected to Monday’s shooting on South Depot Street. Police say the shooting was “100 percent” targeted.

Around 3:50 p.m., officers answered a call of gunfire in a parking lot in the 10600 block of South Depot Street. Upon their arrival, officers found two vehicles, which had sustained gunshots, as well as a nearby shell casing.

Police told Patch on Monday evening that three males were apprehended in the vicinity of the shooting after a brief foot chase. Worth police officers canvassed the area where they found a gun, a steel safe and the two vehicles alleged to be involved.

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Following an extensive investigation, Worth police and partner agencies identified and detained several suspects, in addition to finding other evidence, including a gun and shell casings at the shooting scene.

Charges are pending the results of DNA analysis and further forensic examination, Worth police said in a news release. Anyone with additional information is urged to call Worth police at 708-448-3979/

Updates may be provided as more details become available, as long as those details are not detrimental to the case.