Plainfield man arrested in connection with Joliet bar shooting

JOLIET, Ill. – A Plainfield man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured three people at a Joliet bar last month.

Keenan Watt, 33, was accused of shooting two women and a man on Sept. 22 at the Eden Bar and Grill at 926 Gardner St.

Investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Watt on Tuesday. The U.S. Marshal’s Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force was notified that Watt was at a residence in the 7700 block of Oleander Drive on Friday.

Members of the Joliet Police Department’s SWAT team and Crisis Negotiation Team surrounded the home and waited for Watt to exit. He was arrested a short time later.

Watt was charged with three counts of aggravated assault, one count of being an armed habitual felon and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

He was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Center.