A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, each Venezuelan migrants, have been charged with murdering a homeless man throughout an early morning random assault within the Loop on Sunday, based on a detention proffer filed by prosecutors. Within the submitting, Assistant State’s Legal professional Todd Kleist stated the older boy, Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, has no native prison document however had prior regulation enforcement contact in Texas in 2023 that was documented as an “alien inadmissibility” case.
Rodriguez-Vasquez, the 14-year-old, and one other 14-year-old migrant have been a part of a bunch strolling by way of the Loop round 5:45 a.m. Sunday. As they handed the 200 block of South Wabash, they approached 49-year-old Bradley Obeirne, an apparently homeless man who was mendacity in an alcove subsequent to his belongings, together with his cat and a skeleton masks.
Kleist stated surveillance video reveals one of many 14-year-old boys carrying a steel rod as he walked towards Obeirne. The proffer stated the opposite 14-year-old stole Obeirne’s skeleton masks and ran away. Rodriguez-Vasquez proceeded to kick Obeirne from behind, beginning a bodily assault that will finish in homicide, based on Kleist.
Many of the group then ran south on Wabash Avenue, leaving Rodriguez-Vasquez and the opposite 14-year-old standing only some toes from the sufferer. The proffer says the youthful boy raised the steel rod as if getting ready to strike, prompting Obeirne to raise his arms in a defensive posture. Kleist stated Rodriguez-Vasquez kicked towards the sufferer whereas the 14-year-old migrant struck the person with the steel rod.
Rodriguez-Vasquez then pulled a knife from his sleeve and stabbed downward into the left aspect of Obeirne’s again, prosecutors stated. Obeirne collapsed and each teenagers fled southbound with the remainder of the group, finally boarding a southbound Crimson Line prepare at Monroe.
A passerby discovered Obeirne’s physique within the alcove about two hours later and known as 911. No weapons have been recovered close to him, based on prosecutors. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
Kleist stated officers monitoring metropolis digicam feeds round 4 p.m. Monday noticed a number of males within the 2600 block of West Cermak Street carrying clothes much like the attackers. Police detained the group on the Western Pink Line station. Officers allegedly discovered a knife in Rodriguez-Vasquez’s sleeve throughout a custodial search.
Investigators allegedly discovered video from after the homicide displaying Rodriguez-Vasquez displaying a knife, making stabbing motions, and carrying the sufferer’s skeleton masks on his head.
He’s charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide and mob motion. Decide Ankur Srivastava detained him on Tuesday.
The 14-year-old who allegedly stole Obeirne’s masks is charged with theft in juvenile court docket. The opposite 14-year-old is charged with first-degree homicide, additionally in juvenile court docket. No data is accessible about them as a result of juvenile data are shielded from public evaluation.
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