A Venezuelan migrant has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for attempting to homicide one other migrant who killed his good friend, additionally a migrant, on the South Facet.
Each shootings occurred inside the identical Washington Park residence constructing the place 911 callers reported armed migrants had “taken over” the advanced months earlier. These stories went viral on-line, sparking widespread mainstream media stories that dismissed the stories as false.
Henry Brito-Dominguez, 25, pleaded responsible to the tried homicide of Carlos Reinaldo Maribal-Carvajal in trade for the sentence from Decide Carol Howard, in keeping with court docket data.
The chain of occasions started on November 11, 2024, when Maribal-Carvajal, 24, allegedly robbed and murdered Peter Sangronis-Medina contained in the constructing within the 6100 block of South Martin Luther King Boulevard, in keeping with prosecutors.
Prosecutors allege Maribal-Carvajal took a firearm from Sangronis-Medina in the course of the theft and used the weapon to kill him inside his residence. Maribal-Carvajal allegedly left and later returned to verify Sangronis-Medina was lifeless earlier than dragging his physique outdoors and hurling it over the second-floor balcony right into a “intentionally positioned dumpster,” hoping to maintain the homicide from being found, a prison criticism acknowledged.
A GoFundMe marketing campaign described Sangronis-Medina as “a tough working, respectful, household oriented and loving father who got here to America in search of the American dream.” The fundraiser, organized by his employer, famous that Sangronis-Medina “had no household right here” and sought to boost cash to “assist us get him again house to his household in Venezuela.”
Whereas police painstakingly investigated the homicide, Chicago’s road justice system was not so affected person.
On November 19, eight days after the crime, anyone shot Maribal-Carvajal a number of instances from behind inside the identical residence constructing within the 6100 block of South Martin Luther King.
On November 19, Brito-Dominguez shot Maribal-Carvajal a number of instances from behind inside the identical residence constructing, prosecutors mentioned. Chicago law enforcement officials who heard the gunfire allegedly discovered Maribal-Carvajal gravely wounded with a loaded handgun tucked in his waistband.
Prosecutors rapidly charged Brito-Dominguez with the taking pictures. Throughout a police interview, Brito-Dominguez admitted he shot Maribal-Carvajal as a result of Maribal-Carvajal had killed Sangronis-Medina, in keeping with a CPD report.
Each shootings occurred inside an residence constructing that turned the middle of a viral controversy months earlier. On Labor Day 2024, 911 callers reported that “32 Venezuelans” had been trespassing and “exhibiting weapons within the courtyard,” in keeping with stories first printed by @spotnewsonig. The stories rapidly went viral on social media.
Nevertheless, CPD mentioned responding officers discovered no points once they arrived on the scene.
The next day, Block Membership Chicago printed a narrative headlined, “No, Armed Venezuelan Migrants Did Not Take Over A Chicago Condominium Constructing.” That very same day, the Chicago Tribune ran its personal report: “Consultants say anti-immigrant rhetoric led to viral — and incorrect — allegations of a migrant takeover.”
Maribal-Carvajal stays jailed as he fights homicide expenses in Sangronis-Medina’s dying.
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