3 migrant teens charged in fatal stabbing of homeless man in Chicago

A trio of migrant youngsters have been charged within the deadly stabbing of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago this weekend, officers mentioned.

Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide in reference to the incident that occurred Sunday morning, based on the Prepare dinner County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace. He appeared for a detention listening to on Tuesday, throughout which a choose ordered him held pending 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 2 14-year-olds appeared in juvenile court docket on Monday and had been taken into custody.

In response to police, the sufferer didn’t know any of the suspects.

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Three immigrant youngsters have been charged within the deadly stabbing of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago final weekend. (Getty Photos)

All three suspects are reportedly from Venezuela.

The Division of Homeland Safety informed Fox Information that information present Rodriguez-Vazquez could have entered the U.S. close to Eagle Go, Texas, in September 2023. He was arrested and launched collectively along with his mom on the time.

Assistant State’s Legal professional Todd Kleist additionally mentioned in a court docket submitting within the stabbing case that Rodriguez-Vasquez’s contact with Texas legislation enforcement in 2023 was documented as a case of “alien inadmissibility.”

Rodriguez-Vasquez has no prior prison historical past in Illinois, based on Kleist.

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Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto through Getty Photos)

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Prosecutors mentioned the stabbing occurred round 5:45 a.m. Sunday within the Chicago Loop, the place the sufferer was sleeping subsequent to his cat and belongings, together with a skeleton masks.

A gaggle together with 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 teen held a steel bar, prosecutors mentioned.

One of many teenagers grabbed the sufferer’s masks and ran away. When the sufferer stood up, Rodriguez-Vasquez allegedly kicked him, prosecutors mentioned. One of many 14-year-olds allegedly hit 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.

In response to DHS, information present Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez entered the U.S. close to Eagle Go, Texas, in September 2023. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)

The sufferer was transported to hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. The health worker dominated that the reason for loss of life was a stab wound to the again and the way of loss of life was a murder.

Police later arrested the kids after recognizing individuals on digital camera sporting the identical garments as these seen within the 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 mentioned Rodriguez-Vasquez was seen in photographs from after the incident “exhibiting a knife to the group, making stabbing motions and sporting the sufferer’s skeletal masks on his head.”

A Chicago police supply informed Fox Information that this was a very grotesque and brutal homicide of an harmless homeless man, saying it was a “mafia-style” assault with some suspects laughing afterwards.

Patrick McGovern and Mathew Finn of Fox Information contributed to this report.