Fistfight Leads To Gunfire After Basketball Game: Cops

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, IL -- Three Romeoville teenagers were arrested late Thursday after a fight that started in the parking lot of Plainfield East High School led to a report of shots fired in Plainfield Township.

The dustup began as an argument between a 16- and 17-year-old in the Plainfield East parking lot, 12001Naperville Road, during a basketball game, Will County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said. The fight between the teens was broken up and police were not called, but it later resumed behind the Jewel-Osco at Weber and Taylor roads in Romeoville, cops said.

After the fistfight, the teens all went home. Later, the 16-year-old said he and his brother heard a vehicle pull up outside their home in the 13000 block of Kittyhawk Lane in Plainfield Township. The teens saw three males get out of the car, and recognized one as the 17-year-old involved in the fistfight, Hoffmeyer said.

Then, one of the males raised his arm into the air and fired a shot, according to police. No injuries were reported in the shooting.

Deputies responded to a report of shots fired at around 9 p.m. Thursday and found the three males walking down Kittyhawk Lane, according to Hoffmeyer.

One teen, identified as 18-year-old Carlos Ramirez of 1820 Grassy Knoll Drive, agreed to allow deputies to search his car, where they found an 8 mm gun, police said.

Ramirez was charged with aggravated assault on public property and disorderly. A 17-year-old relative of Ramirez and a third teen, 19-year-old Vercell Moorehead of 212 Tacoma Court, were charged with disorderly conduct.

As of late Friday morning, no weapons charges had been filed against the teens.

Top photo: Carlos Ramirez/Will County Sheriff's Office