A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 6 years in jail after pleading responsible to attempting to kill a rival gang member throughout a random encounter at a South Loop CTA station.
Vidal Herazo obtained the sentence from Decide Laura Ayala-Gonzalez after pleading responsible to tried homicide, in line with court docket data. With credit score for time served and good habits, he’s anticipated to be launched after serving three years, on June 4, 2026.
Prosecutors mentioned Herazo attacked a rival gang member after a short, hostile change on the Roosevelt Crimson Line station late on June 16, 2023. In line with court docket data, Herazo exited a prepare and flashed a Two-Six gang hand signal as he handed the sufferer on the platform. The sufferer, recognized as a Latin King, responded along with his personal gang gesture, resulting in an altercation.
The confrontation shortly escalated. Prosecutors mentioned the sufferer pulled out a knife, then put it away earlier than punching Herazo within the face. Herazo allegedly drew his personal knife, chased the person down the size of the platform, and stabbed him 3 times within the head and as soon as within the arm.
Herazo’s knife punctured the sufferer’s cranium and severed an artery in his arm, inflicting huge blood loss and everlasting mind injury, prosecutors mentioned. The sufferer reportedly misplaced two liters of blood and suffered accidents that restricted mobility on his left facet and affected his means to talk.
Chicago law enforcement officials responding to the scene discovered Herazo nonetheless attacking the person, in line with prosecutors. He allegedly tossed the knife onto the prepare tracks and informed officers the sufferer “mustn’t have f***** with me.”
Decide Susana Ortiz, who presided over the early phases of the case, described the altercation as “gang rubbish.”
“It results in nowhere good for anybody that participates or is concerned in it,” Ortiz mentioned.
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