ILLINOIS – Aurora Illinois posted an update on the condition of officers who are still being treated for their injuries related to yesterday’s shooting incident.
All five of our officers are recovering and are under the care of physicians in the Chicago metro area:
• Officer 1 – Male, 39 years of age with 13 years of service here at the Aurora Police Department. This officer suffered a gunshot wound to his lower extremity and is in stable condition at a local hospital.
• Officer 2 – Male, 52 years of age with 25 years of service at the Aurora Police Department. This officer suffered a gunshot wound to his upper extremity. He was treated and will be released from the hospital later this morning.
• Officer 3 – Male, 52 years old with 24 years of service here at the Aurora Police Department, suffered a gunshot wound to the lower extremity. He was treated and released from a local hospital yesterday.
• Officer 4, – Male, 53 years of age with 30 years of service. This officer also suffered a gunshot wound to the lower extremity and was treated at an area hospital.
• Officer 5, – Male, 24 years of age with just under 4 years of service. This officer suffered a series of shrapnel wounds to the upper extremity. He is currently being treated and is in stable condition at a local hospital.
• Officer 6, – Male, 23 years of age with 2 years of police service here at the Aurora Police Department suffered a minor injury while responding to the incident. This injury was not related to gunfire.
All of the officers’ injuries are considered non-life-threatening.
We would also like to provide limited information regarding the employees of Henry Pratt who were victims of yesterday’s shooting.
• Clayton Parks, of Elgin Illinois. Mr. Parks was the Human Resources Manager at Henry Pratt.
• Trevor Wehner, of Dekalb, Illinois. Mr. Wehner was a Human Resources Intern at Henry Pratt and a student at Northern Illinois University.
• Russell Beyer, of Yorkville, Illinois. Mr. Beyer was a Mold Operator at Henry Pratt.
• Vicente Juarez of Oswego, Illinois. Mr. Juarez was a Stock Room Attendant and Fork Lift Operator at Henry Pratt.
• Josh Pinkard, of Oswego, Illinois. Mr. Pinkard was the Plant Manager for Henry Pratt.
• Another shooting victim, a male employee of Henry Pratt, was treated at an area hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds sustained during the shooting incident.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the deceased victims were located in the same general area of the Henry Pratt facility. While this investigation is ongoing, we believe that there was only one assailant.
Here is what we know so far about the shooter:
Gary Montez Martin
• 45 years of age
• Lived in the 1900 block of Selmarten Road, Aurora
• Six prior arrests by the Aurora Police Department, including arrests for traffic and domestic violence related issues. Last arrest in Aurora in 2008 for violating an order of protection.
• Last arrest in 2017 by the Oswego, Illinois Police Department for Disorderly Conduct and Criminal Damage to Property.
Regarding the weapon used during the shooting event:
• January, 2014 the shooter was issued an Illinois Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card.
• On March 6, 2014, the shooter applied to purchase a handgun from a local gun dealer in Aurora.
• On March 11, 2014, the shooter took possession of a Smith and Wesson 40 caliber handgun from that same local dealer.
• On March 16, 2014, the shooter applied for a concealed carry permit at an unknown location. During the fingerprinting and background process it was discovered that he had a felony conviction for Aggravated Assault out of Mississippi. The date of that conviction was August 3, 1995. (It should be noted that this conviction would not necessarily have shown up on a criminal background check conducted for a FOID card)
• Once this felony conviction was discovered, the offender’s concealed carry permit was rejected, and his FOID card was revoked by the Illinois State Police.
