Rock Falls teen shot, suffers life-threatening wound, chief says

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ROCK FALLS – A 16-year-old Rock Falls boy is being treated for a life-threatening wound after being shot once in the chest around 7:30 Thursday night in the 200 block of East 10th Street, Chief Dave Pilgrim said.

At this early stage of the investigation, the scene still is active, and police are interviewing witnesses to the shooting but do not have a motive or a suspect in custody, Pilgrim said around 10 p.m.

It appears the boy was shot once with a handgun. He was taken to CGH Medical Center in Sterling, then about an hour later was flown to an out-of-town hospital, possibly in Peoria, he said.

There is no threat to the public, Pilgrim added.

Anyone with any information is asked to call police at 815-622-1140.

More information will be available Friday.