Jan. 06--The Lake County Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest of a North Chicago man in the Christmas Day shooting of three people in the parking lot of a bar in an unincorporated area near Lake Bluff.
According to a release from the sheriff's office, police have charged Saladine A. McKinney, 23, of the 1700 block of 16th Street, with aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated unlawful discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. All the charges are felonies, the release said.
Authorities said two men and a woman were shot outside of Nardos BBQ Bar and Grill on Route 41 just north of Rockland Road about 1:30 a.m. on Christmas Day. An argument reportedly started inside the bar and moved outside to the parking lot, sheriff's police said in the release.
Outside, a man and woman were shot in the back, according to Sheriff's Det. Christopher Covelli, and another man was shot in the leg.
All three have since been released from the hospital, Covelli said.
The release said that McKinney is a member of a street gang and called McKinney one of multiple "persons of interest" in the shooting. No other arrests were detailed in the release.
Sheriff's police said McKinney's bond has been set at $250,000 and said that, as of Tuesday evening, he was still in the Lake County Jail. Authorities said his next court date was scheduled for Jan. 28.
Pioneer Press reporter Mark Lawton contributed.
