A party in East Garfield Park turned violent earlier this month when a 42-year-old Venezuelan migrant stabbed two fellow migrants throughout a sequence of confrontations, prosecutors stated.
Douglas Nunez is charged with two counts of tried homicide after a youngsters’s occasion derailed early on September 7 within the 2900 block of West Wilcox Road.
Prosecutors stated the gathering began round 5 p.m. with video games and actions for youths however shifted to an adult-oriented celebration by late night, with karaoke, dancing, and beer. Witnesses advised investigators nobody appeared drunk or uncontrolled.
Round 2 a.m., an argument broke out between Nunez and a 19-year-old man over cleanliness points within the house. When the person’s 43-year-old father stepped in, Nunez allegedly shoved him, warning, “That is how the argument will finish.”
Pals tried to de-escalate by main Nunez to his bed room, however tensions flared once more when he returned. Prosecutors stated he pulled a small knife and stabbed a 29-year-old man within the chest. The wound was described as minor, however the state of affairs contained in the crowded house continued to escalate.
Moments later, Nunez allegedly launched a extra brutal assault. Prosecutors stated he stabbed one other man a number of instances, inflicting the sufferer to break down backward, toppling his 43-year-old father to the ground. Nunez then climbed on high of the daddy and repeatedly stabbed him till one other man pushed him off, in line with a detention submitting.
At the very least one partygoer reported that Nunez brandished the knife to maintain others at bay earlier than fleeing in his Toyota Prius.
The wounded victims managed to drive themselves to Space 4 police headquarters, the place officers referred to as in EMS. Each stabbing victims had been rushed to Stroger Hospital in essential situation. Whereas officers had been talking to witnesses, they seen Nunez circling the station in his automotive, in line with the detention submitting. Police pulled him over and recovered a bloody knife from the automobile.
Throughout questioning, Nunez allegedly claimed he acted in self-defense. Decide Shauna Boliker ordered him detained pending trial.
