WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — A second suspect has been charged in the fatal stabbing of a restaurant owner in Waukegan last Saturday, Waukegan police said.
The stabbing took place at about 11:27 p.m. at 41 14 Forty One Fourteen Steaks and Seafood at 2120 North Green Bay Road.
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An employee of the restaurant, 21-year-old Iziah Gonzalez, and his 16-year-old brother have both been charged with first degree murder after 51-year-old Joshua Kirkwood was killed, police said.
Police said the boys’ mother, who also worked at the restaurant and was in a relationship with Kirkwood, got into an argument with Kirkwood.
Gonzalez and his mother were both transported to hospitals, with Gonzalez later being taken into custody and charged, police said.
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The teen suspect later turned himself into police on Monday and was subsequently charged, police said.
After obtaining a search warrant, police said they searched a car belonging to the mother and found two handguns as well as a DVR which investigators suspect belonged to the business’s camera system.
Both suspects are being held in custody.
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