Zachary “Zac” Fosburgh, a 19-year-old White/Caucasian male from South Beloit, Illinois, died on July 28, 2018. He was shot during an altercation near the 100 block of South Lincoln Street and was rushed across the state line to UW Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, where he succumbed to his injuries later that day. His obituary confirms his death and South Beloit residence, while contemporary reporting places the confrontation on South Lincoln.
The gunfire that killed Zac also fatally wounded 22-year-old Stephon Gander and injured 21-year-old Kyle Haynes, who survived after being shot in the leg and abdomen outside his home. Initial incident tallies and later memorial listings identify the three victims, and a fundraiser organized for Haynes described his condition and hospitalization in the aftermath.
Within hours of the shooting, two suspects turned themselves in to South Beloit police: 18-year-old Logan Wunder and a 17-year-old juvenile. Prosecutors later charged Wunder in the double homicide. In June 2021, a Winnebago County judge sentenced Wunder, then 21, to 33 years in prison for the murders of Fosburgh and Gander. Prison and news listings reflect his first-degree murder conviction and projected release year under Illinois Department of Corrections custody.
The case left South Beloit grieving two young lives while one survivor faced a long medical recovery. Community remembrances and memorial pages for Zac preserve the record of the violence and those affected, even as the court's sentence closed the central criminal chapter.
