Question

Was anyone at the Willowbrook arrested and prosecuted

Answer 1

A teenager from Willowbrook has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and trying to disarm a police officer who responded after the boy allegedly shot his friend in the chest on accident.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office reported officers were sent to an apartment complex at Route 83 and Honeysuckle Rose Lane for a gunshot victim Monday morning. Paramedics took the injured boy to the hospital and he is expected to recover, DuPage County officials said.

Officers were told a 16-year-old was showing his friend a gun. While the teenager was handling the gun, his mother tried to take it from him, at which point it discharged, striking the victim in the chest, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office reported.

As the injured boy was about to be taken to the hospital, the 16-year-old allegedly punched a sheriff’s deputy in the face and placed another sheriff’s deputy in a chokehold from behind and tried to steal his gun, the state’s attorney’s office reported.

“It is alleged that the defendant’s recklessness endangered his friend’s life,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “Additionally, the allegations that the defendant then physically attacked a deputy at the scene and tried to disarm another deputy I find particularly troubling. This type of behavior will not be tolerated, and anyone accused of such behavior will quickly find themselves facing serious felony charges.”

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The suspect has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, attempting to disarm a police officer and aggravated battery to a police officer, all felonies.