Police: Man pointed gun at co-workers in Buffalo Grove

A North Chicago man faces charges alleging he threatened two co-workers with a gun, hit one, and damaged a vehicle with a baseball bat in a Buffalo Grove parking lot Friday evening, police said.

Javier Castillo-Pedraza, 28, is charged with one felony count of criminal damage to property, two misdemeanor counts of aggravated assault and misdemeanor battery, authorities say.

According to Buffalo Grove police, officers responded to a disturbance at about 7:45 p.m. in the parking lot of a business in the 1700 block of Leider Lane after an argument escalated.

No injuries were reported, police said.

Castillo-Pedraza was later located by North Chicago police officers, who also recovered the handgun and baseball bat police believe were used during the alleged offenses, police said.

He’s scheduled to appear in Lake County court Oct. 28.

szalusky@dailyherald.com