Manuel Mejia Perez

Death by Force

Manuel Mejia Perez, 13, male, Hispanic/Latino, spent the first Monday of June walking a familiar stretch of Joliet’s southeast side before turning into the narrow alley off the 300 block of Des Plaines Street. It was June 2, 2025, late afternoon, when gunfire broke the quiet. Officers arriving around 4:40 p.m. found the seventh grader on the ground with fatal wounds; he was pronounced dead a short time later, and the Will County Coroner ruled the case a homicide. The killing would become Jolie ...Read More

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