Overview

• Officers responded just before 4:45 p.m. on June 2 to a report in the 300-block of Desplaines Street and discovered the 13-year-old boy had been shot more than once.
• The Will County Coroner’s Office pronounced the boy dead at the scene and his identity has not been released.
• Joliet police have not identified any suspects or determined a motive in the overnight investigation.
• Investigators are asking anyone with information to call Joliet police or contact Will County Crime Stoppers.
• The case highlights ongoing concerns over gun violence affecting minors in the wider Chicago metropolitan area.