Wheeling man fatally shot in Mundelein; police investigating

A Wheeling man was fatally shot Monday night in Mundelein, and police are searching both for his killer and the person who drove the dying victim to a hospital.

Luis Moreno, 21, was shot about 7:10 p.m. in the parking lot of Lake Plaza, which is on the 700 block of South Lake Street, said Christopher Covelli, spokesperson for the Lake County Major Crime Task Force.

Mundelein officers arrived and learned Moreno already had been driven to Advocate Condell Medical Center in nearby Libertyville. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital, Covelli said.

The man who took Moreno to the hospital was driving a dark-colored SUV, Covelli said. He drove up to the main entrance, called for help and left after hospital workers took the shooting victim inside, Covelli said. He was gone by the time police arrived.

An autopsy conducted at the Lake County coroner’s office Tuesday determined Moreno suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

Mundelein police and the county task force are investigating the shooting.

Police are working to get surveillance video from businesses in the area as well as from the hospital, Covelli said.

A woman who lives near the plaza and works at a business there said she heard the shots at home.

“I thought it was fireworks,” said the woman, who asked that her name not be published.

The homicide is Mundelein’s second of the year and the first fatal shooting in the village since 2020, Police Chief Jason Seeley said.

Anyone with information about the latest shooting can call Mundelein police at (847) 968-4600.