Related video: 1 injured in shooting at Arlington Heights motel
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) — Police in Arlington Heights say one man is behind bars in connection with a November 2024 motel shooting, the department announced Friday.
Jonathan Caston, 22, of Kenosha, is accused in the Nov. 1 shooting of a 26-year-old male at the Red Roof Inn near West Algonquin Road and Arlington Heights Road. While the victim remained in critical condition for what police deemed “an extended period of time,” the victim survived.
A monthslong investigation found that the shooting stemmed from an altercation between two groups renting rooms on separate floors of the suburban motel. The victim had been inside a room on the second floor with a woman when a group of people knocked on the door and confronted them.
After an initial argument between several individuals in front of the victim’s room, police said Caston went to a vehicle in the parking lot, retrieved a firearm, and returned, concealing his face with the hooded sweatshirt he was wearing.
The verbal altercation soon turned physical, police say, ultimately leading to Caston allegedly firing shots in the direction of the victim.
Guest services called 911 to the scene on the report that a person had come into the motel lobby “bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound.” Officers later learned that, in addition to the male shooting victim, the woman he was with also suffered a graze wound.
Caston fled the scene, police said.
A review of digital and physical evidence led police to Caston, who officers took into custody on Thursday, Aug. 28, nearly 300 days after the initial encounter. Police allege he admitted to his involvement in the shooting.
Caston faces several felony charges, including attempted murder, aggravated battery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Caston is due in court on Saturday for a pre-trial detention hearing.
Alonzo Small
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