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Joliet man charged with murder in shooting deaths of mother, 4-year-old son: police
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Joliet man charged with murder in shooting deaths of mother, 4-year-old son: policeJOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A 29-year-old Joliet man has been charged with murder in the deaths of a 4-year-old and his mother in Joliet over the weekend, police said Wednesday.
Joseph D. Johnson was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Joselynn Diaz-Garcia and her 4-year-old son Sunday, police said.
Johnson remains hospitalized under police guard at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Joliet police said.
There, officers found a 29-year-old man who had suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to his ankle, police said.
Outside the home, officers found the 4-year-old boy and his mother, a 36-year-old woman, unresponsive near the backyard.