Sunday, April 20, 2025

I GUESS THE GUY WAS REALLY, REALLY ANGRY

By Bob Walsh

 

A 16-year-old was allegedly shot 25 times by an older teen in front of a group of children after he stole toy guns from the kids and shot them with gel bullets. (Mugshot: Will County Sheriff's Office, Background: Google Maps)
Jaquan Blalock and the scene of the shooting
 

Jaquan Blalock, 17 at the time, is undergoing legal action for the murder of Antoine Shropshire, 16, back in May of 2023.  He shot the dude 25 times with a full-auto Glock, many of the rounds fired while Shropshire was laying on the ground wounded.

It seems that the shooting may have been gang related.  It also may have been related to kids being bullied by older kids.  Or both.  Or something else.  There is surveillance footage of the incident, which shows Blalock standing over Shroprhire pumping rounds into him. 

Blalock is still in custody though on the 22nd there will be a pretrial release hearing.  I guess things happen really slowly in Will County, Illinois.  One would think that an in-your-face broad daylight murder with witnesses and surveillance would have been prosecuted within two years.  One would be wrong.

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