A person went house after being shot at, modified garments and gunned down a rival gang member in Brighton Park over the summer season, prosecutors mentioned.
Carlos Rueda, 22, and someone else allegedly opened hearth on 3 males about 1:10 p.m. on Aug. 16 in an alley within the 3000 block of West 44th Street, consistent with a bond proffer ready via Cook County prosecutors.
Alexis Rivera suffered two gunshot wounds to his again and died at Mount Sinai Hospital, prosecutors mentioned. The different males, 19 and 20, have been additionally wounded within the capturing.
Rueda, charged with first-degree homicide, used to be ordered held with out bail at a listening to Monday, prosecutors mentioned.
He is a documented member of the Satan Disciples side road gang and Rivera, 22, used to be a documented Two-Six gang member, consistent with prosecutors.
Hours ahead of the homicide, anyone in a light-colored Buick had fired pictures at Rueda and an individual he used to be with, placing the individual within the leg, prosecutors mentioned.
Rueda took the individual to a medical institution and returned house, the place he turned into all black clothes and were given right into a White Nissan Maxima with distinct harm to the fuel cap and entrance finish, prosecutors mentioned. Two different automobiles adopted.
The automobiles stopped within the 3000 block of West 44th Street and Rueda and someone else were given out of the Nissan. They walked down an alley and fired pictures at Rivera and the opposite males, prosecutors mentioned. Another gang-related capturing had taken position on that block two days previous.
Surveillance video captured the Nissan pulling as much as the alley in addition to Rueda and his associate getting out of the auto, prosecutors mentioned. The automobile’s registration number plate got here again as being registered to Rueda.
Investigators additionally tracked Rueda’s location that day via his mobile phone information, prosecutors mentioned, however there’s a 25-minute duration by which the telephone does now not transmit any information.
The duration corresponds to the precise time of the capturing, and it’s believed Rueda grew to become off his telephone, prosecutors mentioned.
After the homicide, Rueda returned house to switch garments after which went to get groceries at a Pete’s Fresh Market, prosecutors mentioned. He gave a remark to police claiming he used to be on the retailer on the time of the capturing, however video from Pete’s contradicts that.
He is predicted again in courtroom Jan. 15.