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Joliet man charged in bar shooting that wounded 36-year-old woman

By FOX 32 Digital Staff
Published  February 24, 2025 10:01am CST
Joliet
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Jerell Barber | Joliet police

The Brief

    • A Joliet man was arrested nearly two years after a shooting outside a bar left a woman injured. 
    • Jerell Barber, 31, was taken into custody on February 21 and faces multiple firearm-related charges. 
    • Police say he fired shots from outside Eden’s Bar and Grill in March 2023, striking a woman inside.

JOLIET, Ill. - A suburban Chicago man was arrested nearly two years after a shooting at a Joliet bar left a woman wounded. 

Joliet bar shooting

The backstory:

Jerell Barber, 31, was arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force in connection with the March 11, 2023, shooting at Eden’s Bar and Grill, 926 Gardner St. He was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

According to police, officers responded to the bar around 2:41 a.m. on March 11, 2023, after hearing multiple gunshots in the area. A 36-year-old woman inside the bar was struck in the leg when bullets were fired from outside the building. She was transported to Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Joliet police detectives later identified Barber as a suspect in the case and obtained a warrant for his arrest on Feb. 11. Following his arrest, Barber was processed at the Joliet Police Department and transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.

The Source: The information in this story came from the Joliet Police Department.

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