After Shots Fired In Wilmette, No One Injured And Four People In Custody, Police Say

WILMETTE, IL — Four people are in custody and awaiting potential criminal charges after a police officer heard shots fired late Tuesday night in Wilmette.

The officer happened to be near the 3600 block of Lake Avenue when someone got out of a car in a commercial driveway in the same block and opened fire in an unknown direction shortly before midnight, police said.

All four people in the car were taken into custody and Wilmette police discovered a semiautomatic handgun, according to Wilmette Police Cmdr. Landon Girard.

Investigators believe there were three male occupants and one female occupant headed from Chicago to Prospect Heights when they exited Interstate 94 in Wilmette and drove onto a commercial driveway.

Girard said at least one person got out of the car and fired several rounds, but a search of the area turned up no evidence that anyone had been hurt or any property was damaged. Charges remain under review, he said, and there is no ongoing threat to public safety.