On March 30, 2021, at a Walmart in Bolingbrook, IL, a man was shot in the chest due to a dispute in the parking lot. The shooting took place at 200 S. Bolingbrook Rd. in Bolingbrook, IL 60440. The incident happened just before 4.08 p.m., according to the Bolingbrook Police Department. Police responded to a shooting report in the Walmart parking lot and found one man in his 30s who had been shot.
He had multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead upon arrival. Police did not identify the victim, but they confirmed that he was a Bolingbrook resident. The Bolingbrook Police Department is still investigating this case, and more information will be released when it becomes available to them.
The suspect fled the scene, and a search ensued. Police later found his home about a half-mile away from the store, but he was not around. The suspect has not yet been arrested, but he is considered armed and dangerous, so anyone who knows where he may be should contact local police immediately if they do know where this suspect is hiding.
Police said that there were multiple witnesses at the scene. It appears that the two men involved knew each other for some time before the incident happened in the parking lot of a Walmart Supercenter at 200 South Bolingbrook Road. Witnesses reported that they heard several gunshots ring out from a parking lot on the east side of Walmart near the store’s entrance. An employee of the Walmart Supercenter told police that he saw a man in his 30s, wearing a black jacket and black pants, fire shots at another man.
Police are still looking for any witnesses that might have been in the area of the south end Walmart when these shots rang out. Witnesses told police that a person in a tan Ford Explorer took off the scene after the shooting, and he should summon for questioning in connection to this case. The driver may have witnessed the incident, but they believed they went into Walmart after hearing gunfire and left before police arrived on the scene.
Police cordoned off the Walmart parking lot as they investigated the scene. The Bolingbrook Police Department said they are working with attorneys to determine whether they should file any lawsuit against Walmart for this Bolingbrook fatal shooting case.
Although all of the latest information about the crime is not publicly known, police said that this shooting does not appear to be random, and everyone at the scene is believed to have known each other. Therefore, anyone who was an eyewitness to these Bolingbrook deadly shootings homicides should contact law enforcement immediately.
The shooting shocked many people around Bolingbrook because it occurred in a family-friendly environment like Walmart. Although this shooting appears to be premeditated, it is still very upsetting for many people who frequent the area. Although it is upsetting because all of these people were enjoying their day when this happened to them, the good side of this event is that no one else was hurt.