Teen charged as adult in Aurora carjacking, shooting that left woman paralyzed
AURORA, Ill. (CBS) -- A teenage arrested in connection with a carjacking and shooting that left a mom paralyzed is now being charged as an adult.
Prosecutors said on the afternoon of Jan. 17, 2021, Ishmail Gonzalez pulled Kim Weibring out of her Hyundai Santa Fe and shot her in the back in a Wendy's parking lot in Aurora.
Gonzalez is now 17 and has been indicted on several charges, including attempted murder.
Gonzalez and Edward McGee, then 26, of Harvey, were arrested and charged in the case in April 2021. Another suspect, a 15-year-old, was shot and killed during a separate carjacking attempt in Lansing several days after the Auora carjacking.
A fourth suspect, Darrell Frazier of Lansing, was arrested in June 2021.
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