Overview
- Cristian N. Ruval-Cavatorres, 28, of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
- Authorities allege he shot a 46-year-old man who was warming his car outside his Beach Park home early Wednesday; the victim remains in extremely critical condition at a trauma center.
- Detectives say a recovered handgun believed to be used in the attack and a seized phone point to communications about a hired plot.
- A second male suspected of commissioning the shooting was detained in North Chicago on Thursday, with charges pending, according to the sheriff’s office.
- Video surveillance and a license-plate-reader hit led officers to Ruval-Cavatorres, who was taken into custody after a Mount Pleasant traffic stop and is being held in Racine County awaiting extradition to Lake County.