By Brian Stanley
On Friday, Jan. 18, one day after being shot in the head, 18-year-old Carlos Gasca was ruled brain dead at 2:49 p.m. AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Bolingbrook, according to the Will County Coroner’s office.
The former Plainfield Academy student’s death is being investigated by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.
Two men are in jail awaiting a court date for the crime.
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Eric Alhourani, 19, of the 300 block of Richfield Trail, Romeoville faces 17 felonies, including six counts of armed violence, possession of a controlled substance, possession of cannabis, possession of LSD, manufacturing ecstasy, manufacture/delivery of cannabis, four counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon without a FOID card and reckless discharge of a firearm.
He remains jailed on $1.25 million bond and is due in court Feb. 7.
Marco Mesina, 20, of the 1900 block of Wheatfield Drive, Romeoville is also charged with six counts of armed violence, possession of LSD, manufacturing ecstasy, possession of a controlled substance, manufacture/delivery of cannabis, possession of cannabis and four counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon without a FOID card.
Mesina also remains jailed, according to Will County records, with his bond set at $1 million. He is also due in court Feb. 7.
A GoFundMe page has been set up at www.gofundme.com/always-in-our-heartscarlos-gasca.
The page calls the shooting an “accident that will change the lives of so many forever,” and goes on to say, “We want the world to know that we are not losing his precious life because of a violent act caused by hatred or anyone wanting to do harm to him. This was an accident that could have been avoided and we want to urge the world to remember guns are dangerous and can change lives in the blink of an eye.”