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A trio of migrant youngsters had been charged within the deadly stabbing of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago over the weekend, in accordance with officers.
Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide in reference to the incident that occurred on Sunday morning, in accordance with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. He appeared on Tuesday for a detention listening to, during which a decide ordered him to be held pre-trial.
Two 14-year-olds had been additionally charged — one was charged with first-degree homicide and the opposite was charged with armed theft. The two 14-year-olds appeared in juvenile courtroom on Monday and had been ordered held in custody.
Officials stated the sufferer didn’t know any of the suspects.
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Three migrant youngsters had been charged within the deadly stabbing of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago over the weekend. (Getty Images)
All three suspects are reportedly from Venezuela.
The Department of Homeland Security informed Fox News that information present Rodriguez-Vazquez is believed to have crossed into the U.S. in September 2023 close to Eagle Pass, Texas. He was arrested and launched on the time alongside along with his mom.
Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Kleist additionally stated in a courtroom submitting within the stabbing case that Rodriguez-Vasquez’s contact with Texas regulation enforcement in 2023 was documented as an “alien inadmissibility” case.
Rodriguez-Vasquez has no prior felony historical past in Illinois, in accordance with Kleist.
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Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto by way of Getty Images)
Prosecutors stated the stabbing assault occurred at round 5:45 a.m. on Sunday within the Chicago Loop, the place the sufferer was sleeping close to his cat and belongings, together with a skeleton masks.
A bunch that included Rodriguez-Vasquez and the 2 14-year-olds allegedly approached the sufferer whereas Rodriguez-Vasquez had a knife hidden in his sleeve and one other teenager held a metallic rod, in accordance with prosecutors.
One of the youngsters grabbed the sufferer’s masks and ran. When the sufferer stood up, Rodriguez-Vasquez allegedly kicked him, prosecutors stated. One of the 14-year-olds allegedly struck the sufferer, and Rodriguez-Vasquez is accused of stabbing him within the again, inflicting him to break down.
The assault was captured on surveillance video.
DHS stated information present Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez is believed to have crossed into the U.S. in September 2023 close to Eagle Pass, Texas. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
The sufferer was transported to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. The health worker dominated the reason for dying a stab wound to the again and the way of dying a murder.
Police later detained the youngsters after recognizing folks on digicam carrying the identical clothes seen in surveillance footage. Rodriguez-Vasquez was discovered with a knife, and he was later recognized by his mom and one other member of the group.
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Prosecutors stated Rodriguez-Vasquez was seen in stills from after the incident “displaying a knife to the group, making stabbing motions, and carrying the sufferer’s skeleton masks on his head.”
A Chicago police supply informed Fox News this was an particularly heinous and merciless homicide of an harmless homeless man, saying that it was a “mob fashion” assault during which a few of the suspects had been laughing afterward.
Fox News’ Patrick McGovern and Mathew Finn contributed to this report.
