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Shooter nabbed at home with gun: cops

A Joliet man was arrested at his home and jailed in connection with an August gun attack, police said.

About 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Joliet police and the Will County Sheriff Fugitive Task Force arrested 18-year-old Elian Raya at his Comstock Street residence.

Raya was wanted on charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

The charges stemmed from an Aug. 14 shooting near the corner of West Marion and Ivy streets.

About 11 p.m., the passenger of a vehicle opened fire at a vehicle driven by a 21-year-old man, striking it, according to police.

Detectives “investigating this incident identified Raya as the suspect,” police said, and three days later obtained a warrant for his arrest.

When the officers arrested Raya at his home Tuesday, they “recovered a handgun in plain view near where Raya was located in the residence,” police said. “It was also determined that Raya held a Will County arrest warrant for failing to appear in court to face charges of Disorderly Conduct.”

Raya was taken to the County jail. The warrant for his arrest carried a $200,000 bond and he remained in custody Thursday.

Raya appeared in court Thursday and a public defender was appointed to his case.

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey

Joe Hosey became editor of The Herald-News in 2018. As a reporter, he covered the disappearance of Stacy Peterson and criminal investigation of her husband, former Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson. He was the 2015 Illinois Journalist of the Year and 2014 National Press Club John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winner.