Two individuals are in custody after allegedly shooting two women and leading police on several high-speed chases in Lake County Sunday morning.
Shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, police found a vehicle in a ditch in Beach Park after reporting an accident. Two women in the vehicle were shot, one in the eye and the other in the leg. Both women were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries, but both are expected to survive.
The victims had left a north Chicago bar and were walking home on Green Bay Road when a Dodge pulled up alongside them and the vehicle’s occupants opened fire, striking both women.
Authorities say a Waukegan police officer spotted the Dodge Charger about 30 minutes after the shooting, and when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the driver fled at a high speed.
The vehicle was seen again around 2:41 a.m. Sunday by Lake County sheriff’s deputies, but was again able to flee at a high speed, evading police.
A Zion police officer was then able to use a spike strip to attempt to disable the Charger while it was traveling on Highway 173. The driver managed to escape again, but this time he ended up… crashed in a heavily wooded area of Zion, authorities said.
Police dogs and drones were deployed to aid in the search for suspects, and ultimately a juvenile and an adult were both taken into custody by police. A rifle and pistol were recovered from the Dodge, along with another pistol near where the suspects were captured.
The Dodge Charger is believed to have been stolen in Wisconsin, according to police.
NBC Chicago
