VERNON HILLS, Illinois (WLS) — A suspect has been charged after a man was seriously injured in an attack at a Vernon Hills shopping center Thursday night, police said.

Police responded to the shooting around 6:48 p.m. at Hawthorn Hills Square Shopping Center in the 7000 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.

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The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.

Around 1 a.m., the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Emergency Services Team arrested Jhonattan Garcia-Nava, 36, of North Chicago, at a home in Waukegan, police said.

Garcia-Nava has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, police said.

A woman who was shopping when all this happened described what she saw.

I think it’s kind of scary because this is a pretty safe neighborhood, a pretty safe city,” Kat Martinez said. “I just told them this is the most intense thing that’s happened around here in a while .”

Police say there is no longer any threat to the public.

The shooting remains under investigation. Hawthorn Hills Square Shopping Center has now reopened.