Oak Lawn Man Charged In Palos Hills Shooting That Grazed Woman's Foot

PALOS HILLS, IL — A 39-year-old Oak Lawn man is charged in a shooting that happened Aug. 29, in which a woman was shot in the foot. Manual A. Barrientos has been charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and numerous other offenses, Palos Hills police said.

During the evening of Aug. 29, officers went to the 10300 block of Harlem Avenue for a reported shooting in a parking lot. Palos Hills officers said two men were arguing, and the woman involved herself. Barrientos is alleged to have then fired a gun, grazing the woman in the foot. By the time officers arrived, police said Barrientos had already left the scene.

Palos Hills police obtained a nationwide arrest warrant for Barrientos on the gun charge. Police said Barrientos fled from two area police departments, and the FBI Fugitives Task Force was brought in to assist. Barrientos was taken into custody Wednesday in Burbank, police said.

Federal agents claimed to have found 17 blue pills of suspected alprazolam and meth, police said.

Barrientos appeared Thursday before Cook County Judge Linzie Jones on felony charges of aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance and driving while license revoked. He is also facing misdemeanor charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, and fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.

The judge set bail for the cumulative charges at $20,000. Barrientos is due back in court Nov. 23 in Bridgeview.