Four arrested in April downtown Waukegan shootout; more than 50 rounds fired, police say

Four people have been charged in an April shootout in downtown Waukegan during which more than 50 rounds were fired, according to Waukegan police.

The bullets caused property damage to buildings, but no one was injured, police said.

The incident took place on April 14 at around 9:30 p.m. near the Genesee and Madison streets intersection. Police responding to reports of shots fired said they collected more than 50 casings of various calibers, including some from an assault rifle.

The four people, police said, got out of a vehicle and exchanged gunfire with subjects in a second vehicle. Some rounds hit the College of Lake County Lakeshore Campus building, though no people were reported injured.

Four days after the shooting, Waukegan detectives stopped a person of interest at an apartment complex in the 500 block of South Genesee Street. The woman, Diamond Loggins, was armed with a handgun, police said.

Officers later executed a search warrant at her apartment and recovered five assault rifles and three handguns, authorities said. Two of the guns were fully automatic, and could be fired like a machine gun, police said.

Loggins and three other people are facing weapons charges. The others arrested were Justin Thomas, 32, Saladine McKinney, 32, and Jayvion Scott, 25, all of Waukegan.

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