Teen Shoots Self After Breakup

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A seventeen-year-old Park Forest man took his life after his girlfriend told him she was leaving him.

Officers Kessler and Lara were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of South Orchard Drive on Wednesday, May 20, at 10:20 p.m., to investigate a 911 hang-up call. Officer Lara was the first officer to arrive on the scene. She spoke with a 15-year-old female who was in the living room. She allowed her to enter the residence. Officer Kessler arrived shortly afterward, observing that the juvenile was in hysterics, breathing heavily, and crying, according to police.

The teenager stated that her boyfriend, later identified as Carvis R. Johnson, 17, 305 S. Orchard Drive, Park Forest, had shot himself. Additional police units and paramedics were requested. Officers Kessler, Lara, and Corporal Sheets entered a bedroom where they were told they would find Johnson. Officer Kessler observed Johnson on the bedroom floor at the foot of the bed, with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics attended to Johnson and found no signs of life, according to police.

The teenager told police that she had been dating Johnson for the past 14 to 16 months. The two had broken up in the past and gotten back together, but Johnson had told her that if she ever broke up with him again, he would kill himself, according to police.

According to police, Johnson became distraught on this date when he was told that his girlfriend was leaving him. According to police, he took out a gun and reminded her what would happen if she were to break up with him. She asked him to stop what he was doing, turned to get her jacket, at which time she heard a bang and observed that he had shot himself.