Recent Murder In St. Pat's Area Solved: Joliet Police

JOLIET, IL— Four days after a 25-year-old Romeoville man was gunned down inside his parked car in Joliet's St. Patrick's Neighborhood, Joliet police arrested 41-year-old Joliet resident Jorge Rosas on multiple counts of murder.

Rosas, the Joliet Police Department noted, now faces three counts of first-degree murder, plus charges of aggravated discharge of a gun and unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. At 12:01 a.m. Monday, Ivan Perez-Garcia was fatally shot inside his parked car in the 100 block of Seeser Street.

In the aftermath of the street killing, Joliet detectives identified Rosas as their prime suspect. On Friday, the Will County State's Attorney's Office approved the charges against Rosas and a warrant for his arrest, including a $5 million, was signed by a Will County judge.

Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Joliet police took Rosas into custody at the Will County Jail on unrelated criminal charges.

“My heart goes out to the family and friends of Ivan Perez-Garcia after his passing due to this senseless act of violence," Joliet Chief of Police Al Roechner said in a news release issued Friday night. "It is my hope that bringing Mr. Rosas Jr to justice will provide even the smallest feeling of closure to his family. I’m very appreciative of our Officers and especially our Detectives who worked tirelessly to quickly secure the arrest warrant of Mr. Rosas Jr."

The Joliet Police Department also thanked the Illinois State Police Crime Lab for quickly "processing evidence in this case which proved to be extremely vital," Roechner noted in the news release.

The Joliet murder defendant lives in the 100 block of Baker Avenue, on Joliet's southeast side.