A person who police say shot one other man in a Rogers Park alley final 12 months has lastly been charged with homicide, greater than a 12 months after Chicago police detained him simply half-hour after the killing.
Detectives arrested 32-year-old Valgas Etheard this week as he was being discharged from the downstate Lincoln Correctional Middle, the place he had been serving time for 2 felony counts of driving on a suspended license, based on state information.
Chicago police stated Etheard has been recognized because the gunman who fatally shot 31-year-old Terrell Fort in an alley behind the 2000 block of West Howard Avenue round 5:45 p.m. on September 5, 2024. Witnesses instructed police they noticed a person calmly strolling out of the alley moments after listening to gunfire.
Responding officers discovered Fort lifeless with a gunshot wound to the again of his head.
As CWBChicago beforehand reported, about half-hour after the homicide, Evanston police noticed a person matching the suspect’s description within the 7500 block of North Damen Avenue. Chicago police detained him for investigation on an impressive warrant. We will now reveal that the particular person detained that night was Etheard. No expenses have been filed on the time, however detectives continued their investigation.
Etheard is anticipated to seem on the Leighton Prison Courthouse for a detention listening to Saturday afternoon, when prosecutors will define their proof within the case.
Earlier than his newest journey to jail, Etheard had been sentenced to the penitentiary 4 different occasions: for gun-related crimes in 2012, 2015, and 2016, and for a narcotics offense in 2020.
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