Suspect Accused of Displaying Gun During Customer Management Dispute Arrested in Des Plaines

Des Plaines Police responded about 5:46 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2025 to a report of a customer/management dispute at a business in the block of 1200 Block of South Elmhurst Road in Des Plaines. Cook County Dispatch (CCD) received information that there was an irate customer who was in the parking lot and that he possessed a handgun. As officers responded to the area, they located the male subject, who was identified as Sean Njoku, age 21. While speaking with Sean Njoku, a police officer learned that Sean Njoku did possess a firearm on his person.

Police then requested his driver’s license. Njoku provided his driver’s license to the officer, who then ran the driver’s license through a law enforcement database. CCD then replied that Njoku had a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card, but no Illinois Concealed Carry License (CCL).

Njoku was taken into custody for the CCL violation, and a 9mm Glock was recovered from his waistband. As the police officers were checking the firearm it was noted that there were bullets in the magazine that was inserted into the gun, but there was no round in the chamber.

Next, police officers spoke with the victims, who stated that Njoku came in to drop off his vehicle and began an argument over the required work that needed to be completed. During the argument, Njoku lifted his shirt and displayed the handgun to the victims while demanding his car get fixed. Both victims stated that they felt threatened by Njoku when he did that.

Njoku was transported to the Des Plaines Police station where he admitted to having the firearm on his person without a CCL and that he did display it to the victims. Due to the nature of the incident, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office was contacted, and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved felony charges. Njoku was subsequently arrested for one felony count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and two misdemeanor counts of Aggravated Assault.

Njoku was later transported to the Des Plaines Police station for a detention hearing. According to Cook County Sheriff’s Office records, Sean Njoku is not detained.

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