21-15 Oakbrook Center Shooting
Oak Brook Police Department
1200 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(630) 368-8702
Contact:
Administrative Sergeant Reid A. Foltyniewicz
Public Information Officer
(630) 368-8732
rfoltyniewicz@oak-brook.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oakbrook Center Shooting Incident
Oak Brook, IL – December 23rd, 2021 – On 12/23/21 at 5:44 pm, on the
second floor in the Nordstrom wing, near Ann Taylor at Oakbrook Center, an
unconfirmed number of shots were fired, injuring four (4) people. Two (2) suspected
shooters and one (1) companion was involved in a confrontation, leading to an
exchange of gunfire. An Oak Brook Officer working an extra detail at Nordstrom
heard the shots and responded immediately to the scene. With the assistance of
mutual aid police units and Oakbrook Center Security, the mall was locked down, and
two (2) people involved were in custody.
One (1) offender was shot four (4) times: once in the left thigh, once in the right thigh,
once in the right calf, and once in the lower back. Bystanders described as a female
in her 40s was shot in the left thigh, another female in her 40s was shot in the left
thigh, and a female in her 20s was shot in the right foot. The fifth victim, a female in
her 20s, fractured her ankle while fleeing from the scene.
The gunshot victims are at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, while the
female with the fractured ankle is at Elmhurst Hospital. Responding Oak Brook Police
Officers took one suspect into custody as he attempted to leave the area. Police
Officers also rendered immediate life-saving first aid to a suspect struck four (4) times
by gunfire. That suspect underwent surgery and is expected to survive. All the other
injuries are currently non-life-threatening.
Police have one (1) suspected shooter and companion in custody. There is one (1)
suspected shooter still at large. The offender is a black male with long dark
dreadlocks who appears in his 30s, medium build, and height.
Two (2) weapons described as pistols and a vehicle registered to one (1) of the
suspects were recovered at the scene.
Oak Brook Police were assisted by a three-alarm ILEAS callout of approximately
thirty (30) communities, the DuPage MERIT SWAT, Major Case, Forensics, and
Computer Forensic Components, Cook County Sheriffs Police Canine and UAV
Units, Kane County Sheriff SWAT, the South Suburban Emergency Response Team,
as well as the Oak Brook Fire Department and MABAS mass casualty response.
Police secured the mall at approximately 11:55 pm and turned it back to mall
management. The investigation and forensic evidence work are ongoing.
Please contact Administrative Sergeant Reid A. Foltyniewicz at 630-368-8732 or
rfoltyniewicz@oak-brook.org with any information or questions regarding this case.
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J.K. Initialed by C.O.P.