Chicago, IL – October 6, 2023 – 28-year-old Jack Jacobson had just repossessed the black Land Rover without incident and the borrower even gave him the keys. Moments later, he was ambushed by a group of unknown people who fired a reported fifty rounds at him. Seven struck and killed him.
It was about 1:30am when Jacobson was found murdered in his bullet riddled tow truck on the 200 block of West Fifth Avenue with the repossessed Rover still attached. Multiple calibers of bullet casings littered the ground near the scene.
Police report that a handgun was recovered next to the victim but have not reported if the gun was fired or who it belonged to.
Jacobson was employed by Northwest Recovery out of Rolling Meadows.
According to Northwest Recovery’s Attorney Tom Glasgow, the exchange between the driver and the vehicle owner was peaceful, with the owner willingly handing over the keys. Jacobson, then left with the vehicle attached to his truck.
Glasgow stated that at some point, Jacobson was surrounded by multiple individuals and subsequently shot multiple times. The military veteran succumbed to his injuries.
“We don’t know if this was a random act, if it was a directed action or if it was simply car thieves that saw someone turn the keys to a very expensive automobile over. He’s a great kid. I just saw a tremendous kid who had a great personality and was always upbeat. It is such a tragic loss.”
Investigators are pulling video from a city pod camera nearby, and Glasgow said the tow truck was also equipped with several cameras.
“They provide a very wide swath of visual view for what occurs during a repossession and what happens after the repossession in order to protect our drivers,” Glasgow said.
Jacobsen was a former Navy service member. A baby shower was planned for Saturday to celebrate his first child and was expected to get married soon.
Spending Friday embracing one another, his family members, who are planning for a baby, are now also planning a funeral.
To receive a call in the middle of the night from her son’s friend, Ericha Lilly-Hosick knew something was terribly wrong. “They had been on the phone when my son was shot,” Lilly-Hosick said.
She immediately picked up his fiancée and drove as fast as she could to her son. But, by the time she got there, he was already gone.
“As his mother, I had to make that drive. I had to know and I had that hope that my son wasn’t gone,” Lilly-Hosick said.
No suspects have been apprehended or named as of yet.
A GoFundMe page has been established to support Jack’s family and pay for his funeral.
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Source: ABC7Chicago
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