Police investigate gunshot death in Grayslake

GRAYSLAKE – Grayslake police are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a shooting that left a 23-year-old dead Sept. 17.

About 10:45 a.m. Sept. 17, Grayslake police officers were dispatched to Northwestern Medicine Center Grayslake for a report of a gunshot victim, according to a news release.

Preliminary investigation shows the victim was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling on Washington Street in the area of Lancer Lane in Grayslake. An occupant of another vehicle, driving in the same area, began shooting at the victim’s vehicle. The victim was struck by gunfire and the driver immediately rushed him to the hospital, where he died, police said.

The victim has been identified as 23-year-old Isidro Juarez of Waukegan. An autopsy was completed Sept. 19 at the Lake County Coroner’s Office and indicated that Juarez died from a single gunshot wound.

The Grayslake Police Department requested the assistance of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force. Grayslake detectives and Task Force investigators are conducting a homicide investigation.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call Grayslake police at 847-223-2341 or Lake County CrimeStoppers at 847-662-2222 or http://www.lakecountycrimestoppers.com/