Man Shot In Neck In Lockport Township, Suspect Charged: Sheriff

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP, IL — A 30-year-old man has been charged with aggravated battery after shooting a man in the neck in unincorporated Lockport Township on Sunday, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded at 2:35 p.m. to the 400 block of Oak Avenue for a shooting. When police arrived, officers found a 21-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the neck, the sheriff's office said.

Deputies began life-saving measures on the victim, until the Lockport Township Fire Protection District arrived. The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, the sheriff's office said.

A witness told police that before the shooting, a physical fight had happened between the victim and Abel Corbeira, 30. The witness said that Corbeira fired a revolver, striking the victim in the neck, according to the sheriff's office.

The offender fled the scene in his vehicle, and deputies put out information to local law enforcement partners to locate the car.

Detectives were able to determine that the offender had fled the area and was heading west toward Iowa, the sheriff's office said. The Iowa State Police were contacted and were advised that there was probable cause to stop the vehicle as detectives were in the process of obtaining an arrest warrant for Corbeira.

Troopers with the Iowa State Police located the vehicle traveling on Interstate 80 in Cedar County, Iowa and stopped the vehicle. Corbeira was taken into custody without incident, according to police.

Detectives with the Will County Sheriff’s Office obtained a no bond arrest warrant for the offense of aggravated battery and traveled to Iowa to speak to Corbeira. The sheriff's office said that Corbeira made statements to detectives regarding his involvement in the crime.

Corbeira remains in custody in Iowa, pending an extradition hearing.

As of Monday, the victim remains in critical condition at the hospital.