First Joliet Homicide In December

JOLIET, IL - The Joliet Police Department is investigating its first homicide in the month of December. A 19-year-old man, Jermaine Peete, was killed early Sunday, and Joliet Police Department officials confirmed there was a gun homicide. "The investigation is in the beginning stages and the detectives are working through the different leads and gathering evidence still," police officials said.

A woman involved in the Joliet NAACP posted on Facebook that the victim was her 19-year-old grandson. Joliet Police informed Patch that the victim was 19 years old, and he was shot around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Dover Street.

Later in the day, Will County Coroner's officials confirmed Peete had died from a single gunshot wound.

Joliet Patch will update this story later in the day once more information is known.

File image via John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor