Teen charged with attempted murder in Joliet grocery store shooting

A 15-year-old boy is being charged as a juvenile with attempted murder following a Joliet police investigation of an August shooting that left two other teens with gunshot wounds outside a grocery store.

The 15-year-old is the second suspect arrested in the investigation of the shooting reported at 9:11 p.m. Aug. 28 outside Western Grocery Store, 308 Western Ave., Joliet, according to a statement from Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English.

Marcus Gilbert, 19, of Crest Hill also was arrested on a charge of attempted first-degree murder.

Gilbert and the 15-year-old have been charged with shooting a 17-year-old male and a 15-year-old male outside the grocery store, which is also known as Cuddy’s Deli.

Officers located two shooting victims nearby in the 300 block of Bluff Street.

There, police found a 17-year-old male with a single gunshot wound to the right calf and a 15-year-old male with a single gunshot wound to the buttocks.

It is believed both victims were shot while entering the parking lot of the Western Food Mart on foot and on a bicycle.