Reward Offered for Information on Shooting in Oswego

OSWEGO, IL — The Oswego Police Department is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information on an early Saturday morning shooting.

Anyone who may have information is asked to contact Kendall County Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 when an arrest is made as a result of a caller’s information.

Oswego Police were called to the area of Tyler and Adams Streets at 12:23 a.m. Saturday for a report of a disturbance and shots fired. Officers responding to the location found a 16-year-old boy on the ground with a gunshot wound, according to the Oswego Police Department. Officers provided medical assistance to the juvenile until paramedics arrived. The boy, who is from Aurora, was transported to Rush Copley Hospital for non-life threatening injuries and is currently in surgery.

Oswego police said that several individuals were in the area when a fight ensued. The boy was then shot at which time the suspects fled the scene. Oswego detectives are currently investigating the incident along with the Kendall County Criminal Intelligence Team. At this time there is no clear motive and no suspect information has been ascertained. It is believed that this is an isolated incident and that the boy may have gang-related ties and may have been the intended target.

Anonymous tips can be submitted 24/7 by calling Crime Stoppers at 630-553-5999. Callers remain anonymous and are given a secret code number to be used for all future contacts. Crime Stoppers does not have caller ID and conversations are not recorded. Cash rewards are paid for information which assists local law enforcement agencies in the identification and arrest of a perpetrator of a criminal offense, or a fugitive from justice, or information leading to the recovery of stolen property. All rewards are disbursed in a way that maintains the caller’s anonymity.