Plainfield man, 19, killed in Joliet Township shooting

A 19-year-old man has died after he was wounded in a shooting reported in the Preston Heights area of Joliet Township.

Jayden Velazquez-Garcia, 19, of Plainfield, was identified as the man who died from the shooting on Wednesday, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Velazquez-Garcia was declared dead at 5:43 p.m. Wednesday at Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet hospital.

Will County Sheriff’s Office officials consider the deadly shooting an isolated and targeted attack.

The shooting was reported at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at Luana Road and Girard Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office.

Velazquez-Garcia was sitting inside of a vehicle when he was shot, police said. However, Velazquez-Garcia managed to drive down the street and exit the vehicle in the 100 block of Girard Boulevard.

Sheriff’s deputies found Velazquez-Garcia laying on the ground outside of his vehicle in the roadway, police said. He was taken to a hospital for his gunshot wounds.