Joliet police make arrest in Western Avenue shooting

A Crest Hill man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting on Western Avenue in Joliet in August in which two teenagers were shot.

Marcus Gilbert, 19, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, according to a news release from Joliet police.

During the investigation of a shooting Aug. 28 outside the Western Food Mart, 308 Western Ave., Joliet police identified Gilbert as a suspect, police said.

Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Gilbert on Sept. 3, and he was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday morning in the 300 block of Woodcreek Drive in Bolingbrook, police said.

Gilbert was taken to the Joliet Police Department for processing and then transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.

At the time of his arrest, Gilbert was on pretrial release for a gun charge in April, police said.