A Chicago man has been charged in the August death of a Florida woman whom he allegedly struck with his Corvette while she was driving another car on the city’s southwest side, police said.
Aaron Guerrero, 27, was arrested Monday and charged with reckless homicide with a motor vehicle and aggravated street racing in the death of 40-year-old Shawman Meireis, Chicago police said.
Guerrero was scheduled for a bond hearing on Wednesday. It was not clear if he has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
Police said Meireis, who was visiting Chicago from Florida, was crossing a street near Midway Airport early Aug. 28 when two Corvettes approached him.
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Two Chicago men have been charged with reckless homicide with a motor vehicle after a Florida woman was killed in a street racing accident.
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The two Corvettes were cutting into each other and making their way through traffic when Guerrero’s vehicle struck another car and collided with Meireis, who was thrown onto the pavement.
Meireis died in a hospital one day before her 41st birthday. She had been out for a late dinner with her boyfriend and was from Naples, Florida, according to her obituary.
Guerrero was initially cited for a blocked front windshield and failing to take due care of a pedestrian on the road, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Guerrero told officers he had been fleeing a carjacking, but a police report cites witnesses as saying the drivers of both Corvettes were racing just before the crash, the newspaper reported.
