Overview
- The village announced arrests Sunday, charging alleged shooter Javan Moore, 21, with first-degree murder and charging Demon Smith, 20, and a 16-year-old with felony murder.
- All three suspects are residents of Phoenix, Illinois, according to South Holland officials.
- Investigators say Holden, 16, was visiting his girlfriend near 160th Place and Drexel Avenue on Aug. 2 when assailants mistook him for their target.
- A press conference on the arrests is scheduled for Monday at 11 a.m. at the South Holland Village Hall Council Room.
- South Holland Police asked anyone with information to call 708-331-3131, ext. 2, and Mayor Don De Graff offered condolences to Holden’s family.