5 males, together with one who was on felony pretrial launch for a pending gun case, are charged with randomly opening hearth on a passing automobile in Logan Sq. final month, killing one lady and severely injuring one other.
In detention filings, prosecutors mentioned 24-year-old Julio Diaz lives along with his aunt and uncle within the 1600 block of North Kimball Avenue in a constructing geared up with a number of Ring cameras that surveil the world.
Round 7 p.m. on September 12, Diaz’s aunt and uncle hosted a celebration, and the opposite 4 accused males, all pals of Diaz, had been among the many company. Prosecutors mentioned the lads gathered within the driveway and close to the storage, displaying weapons all through the night.
A number of hours later, shortly earlier than 2 a.m. on September 13, video confirmed Diaz masking one of many surveillance cameras, prosecutors mentioned.
In the meantime, across the similar time, a 36-year-old lady and her pal, 26-year-old Jailene Cepeda of Arlington Heights, left a neighborhood bar and headed dwelling. At about 2:44 a.m., the older lady was driving east on the 3400 block of West Wabansia Avenue when she hit a pace bump at a excessive pace, prosecutors mentioned. She occurred to be recording a Snapchat video as she drove, and it captured gunfire because the car handed the occasion.
So many photographs had been fired, prosecutors mentioned, {that a} witness later remarked it “appeared like a conflict zone.”
A minimum of a kind of photographs flew into the automobile and struck Cepeda within the head, killing her. In a GoFundMe marketing campaign, Cepeda’s mom mentioned her daughter left behind a child boy and a child lady.
“Jailene was a full Christian and adopted the Lord each path she took alongside her life; she was at all times filled with laughter, love, and life,” Ana Cepeda wrote.
Video from Diaz’s constructing allegedly confirmed muzzle flashes and captured the sound of gunfire coming from the storage space.
After the capturing, the lads ran right into a crawlspace and hid till the police left the world, in line with prosecutors. Officers later recovered 21 shell casings of 4 totally different calibers from the driveway and avenue.
The subsequent day, as police collected video from the scene, Diaz’s uncle informed them there was a rifle in his yard. Officers recovered it, and testing later decided that seven of the shell casings had been fired from that weapon, in line with the allegations.
Diaz and 23-year-old Gabriel Rodriguez are charged with first-degree homicide and had been detained by Decide Sheila Boliker.
Eighteen-year-old Evan Reich, 26-year-old Isaiah Martinez, and 26-year-old Carlos Marrero are every charged with first-degree homicide and tried first-degree homicide. Decide Antara Rivera detained Reich whereas Decide Ankur Srivastava detained Martinez.
Marrero is scheduled for a detention listening to at twenty sixth and California on Thursday. Court docket data present he was arrested on March 28 for allegedly possessing a firearm in a car within the 4400 block of West Grand Avenue. He was on felony pretrial launch in that case on the time of the homicide.
He’s the sixteenth individual accused of killing or trying to kill somebody this yr whereas on felony pretrial launch.
The “not horrible” collection
This report continues our protection of people accused of killing, capturing, or attempting to kill or shoot others on pretrial launch for a felony allegation. CWBChicago started our collection of experiences in November 2019 after Prepare dinner County Chief Decide Timothy Evans publicly acknowledged, “We haven’t had any horrible incidents happen” beneath the court docket’s bond reform initiative.
The precise variety of murders and shootings dedicated by individuals awaiting trial for felony allegations is undoubtedly a lot larger than the numbers seen right here. Since 2017, CPD has introduced prices in lower than 5% of non-fatal shootings and 33% of murders, in line with the town’s information. You may see the entire “not horrible” tales right here.
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