A shooting happened Wednesday afternoon at the Oakbrook Center retail mall in west suburban Oak Brook, killing one person and injuring another.
Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis stated that the incident occurred soon after noon in the parking lot outside the mall’s L.L. Bean store.
Responding officers discovered a deceased male and an injured female in the parking lot. The female was sent to a hospital for treatment, but her condition was not immediately known. Police did not give an age for either victim.
According to Strockis, the shooting occurred after five persons in two vehicles met in the parking lot and got into an altercation. One car remained at the scene, but the passengers in another vehicle fled the parking lot and were apprehended in nearby Oakbrook Terrace.
According to Strockis, investigators were able to locate the car that fled the scene using license plate reader cameras.
Police were questioning three people who had been arrested. Strockis stated that authorities have yet to ascertain the purpose of the meeting or the motive for the shooting.
Witnesses informed CBS News Chicago that the mall was placed under lockdown, which has since been lifted. Police said that the mall was open Wednesday afternoon.
One buyer, who requested anonymity, stated that she had just completed a purchase and was ready to walk out of the store when a staff stopped her and sent her to the rear. She stated that they were on lockdown for around 15 minutes before being permitted to go.
There was a large police presence at the mall as authorities investigated. Police stated the incident was isolated and posed no threat to the public. They intend to share additional information regarding the incident on Thursday.
There was also a shooting at the mall five years earlier.
On December 23, 2021, a shootout between two guys injured four innocent onlookers and one combatant within the same mall. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. that day, near the Ann Taylor and Auntie Anne’s stores.
Tyran Williams and Steve L. Lane got into a fight that escalated into a shooting. Lane shot Williams and fled the scene, but was apprehended shortly after, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.
The gunfire wounded four bystanders, who were treated and released with non-life-threatening injuries.
Williams and Lane were charged with various offenses. Lane eventually pled guilty to the crime and was sentenced to 18 years in jail in May, while Williams, a restaurant owner in Chicago’s Beverly area, was shot and murdered on March 15, 2024, in front of his 95th Street location.
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