Chicago man charged in fatal Waukegan road rage shooting
Sheldon Brown | Waukegan Police Department
WAUKEGAN, Ill. - A Chicago man is charged with murder after allegedly shooting a driver in a road rage incident last week in Waukegan.
Sheldon Brown was ordered held on $3 million bail in connection with the Oct. 9 shooting near the intersection of 8th and Jackson streets, Waukegan police said.
About 11:50 p.m. that day, a man in his 30s who was driving a white SUV accidentally rear-ended Brown’s maroon sedan, police said.
Brown allegedly got out of his car and fired shots at the man with a .40-caliber gun, police said.
Officers found the man lying in the street with gunshot wounds and he later died at a hospital, police said.
He was identified as 38-year-old Dwayne Young of Beach Park, the Lake County coroner’s office said.
Brown is being held at the Lake County Jail and is expected back in court Wednesday.