A gang dispute led to a December shooting near a Chicago high school that left two students dead and two other teenagers wounded, a prosecutor suggested.
The 16-year-old suspect charged in the Dec. 16 shooting outside Benito Juárez High School asked one of the victims about her gang affiliation before opening fire, Assistant State Attorney Thomas Darman said during the bail hearing for the suspect on Saturday.
A Cook County judge denied his bond and said life in prison is a possibility. The suspect was charged as an adult with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He also faces juvenile weapons charges.
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A prosecutor suggested that a gang dispute led to the December 16 shooting at a Chicago school. The suspect was expelled from this school due to his behavior, attendance, and academic problems. (FoxNews)
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Brandon Perez, 15, and Nathan Billegas, 14, were shot in the head and pronounced dead at a hospital. Another boy and a girl, both 14, were also shot and wounded, police said.
The suspect attended the school during the 2021-22 academic year, but prosecutors said he was expelled for behavior, academic and attendance problems.
After the suspect was arrested at his home Thursday and officers served a search warrant, they found four guns, all loaded and with magazines extended, Darman said. Three of the weapons also had switches that made them fully automatic.
Defense attorney Nicholas Giordano questioned why it took police months to arrest his client if they had “all this identification.”
