LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A 19-year-old Waukegan man has been arrested and charged in a shooting in unincorporated Grayslake Saturday morning, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said.
Deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 33300-block of Lone Rock Road at about 1:36 a.m. and discovered a 30-year-old Zion man critically wounded. He was transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
[Ads /]
The sheriff's office said an arrest warrant was issued for Jasperin Melendez on first degree murder charges on Saturday. Melendez was located in a fast food restaurant in Milwaukee and taken into custody Saturday night.
Monday, the sheriff's office said Melendez was being held in the Milwaukee County Jail, pending an extradition hearing.
[Ads /]
The Lake County Coroner's Office will conduct an autopsy on the victim, whose identity has not been released.
WLS
Jasperin Melendez. (Lake County Sheriff's Office)