Two Rolling Meadows Men Arrested In Connection With Shooting Wednesday, November 5 Near Dempster St And Algonquin Rd, Mount Prospect

Julio Avila, 21, of Rolling Meadows, and Eduardo Casto, 18, of Rolling Meadows, have each been charged with one count of aggravated battery with a firearm after a "shots fired" incident near Dempster Street and ALgonquin Road in Mount Prospect on Wednesday November 5, 2014.


Castro and Avila were riding in a car heading westbound on Algonquin Road just west of Dempster Street at about 8:19 p.m. Wednesday November 5 when the suspects spotted a group of men standing near a dumpster on the street and yelled something out the window, according to information gather by police investigators.

Avila in the front passenger seat, allegedly fired three shots at the group. A 21-year-old Arlington Heights man was shot in his arm and was transported by Mount Prospect Fire Department firefighter/paramedics to Northwest Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A 38-year-old man from Arlington Heights, was grazed by a bullet. Police and firefighter/paramedics found a bullet hole on his jacket, but no wounds.

Avila, 5'6" 200 LBS, and Castro, 5'7" 290 LBS, were arrested at an undisclosed location on Tuesday. Both were charged with Aggravated Battery/Discharge of a Firearm. Avila and Castro appeared in bond court on Wednesday. Avila was ordered held on $300,000 bond, and Castro was held on $150,000 bond, according to court records.

The two are scheduled to appear in court on December 12, according to court records.

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