Migrant shot ex’s new boyfriend during day care drop off: prosecutors – CWB Chicago

A 23-year-old Venezuelan migrant is accused of mendacity in wait exterior a South Facet day care middle and taking pictures his former accomplice’s new boyfriend because the couple arrived to drop off a baby.

Jose Montilla Carreno was ordered detained by Choose Antara Rivera on expenses of tried homicide and aggravated battery in reference to the January 29 taking pictures within the 6300 block of South Paulina Avenue.

Prosecutors mentioned the 26-year-old sufferer was driving a crimson Nissan with Montilla Carreno’s former accomplice within the entrance passenger seat and the couple’s two-year-old daughter within the again seat as they headed to the day care.

Because the couple approached the day care, Montilla Carreno drove previous their automobile after which pulled in entrance of them on the road, prosecutors mentioned. He allegedly stopped his automotive exterior the power, obtained out, and displayed a pistol.

When the sufferer noticed the gun, he jumped out of his automobile and tried to run away, Assistant State’s Lawyer Jake Mallory mentioned throughout Montilla Carreno’s detention listening to.

Montilla Carreno opened hearth, firing a number of rounds on the fleeing man from a distance of about six to eight ft, mentioned Mallory. One bullet struck the sufferer within the left shoulder. The sufferer managed to get contained in the day care, the place he waited for the police whereas exhibiting the employees his harm.

Officers responding to the scene recovered 4 9-millimeter shell casings exterior the day care. Investigators additionally obtained surveillance footage that Mallory mentioned confirmed the taking pictures.

The sufferer and the girl each recognized Montilla Carreno because the gunman and instructed police he had threatened to shoot the sufferer the evening earlier than the assault.

Authorities used license plate reader information to trace Montilla Carreno’s automobile later that very same morning. The system allegedly confirmed the automotive touring towards Indianapolis, Indiana, the place it spent a part of the afternoon.

Montilla Carreno allegedly waived his Miranda rights and confessed throughout questioning. In accordance with prosecutors, he instructed police he knew the sufferer and the girl can be on the day care and deliberately went there to confront them. He additionally admitted he had obtained the gun earlier on the morning of the taking pictures and fired a number of rounds on the sufferer at shut vary, in response to Mallory.

Montilla Carreno directed officers to the again of his automobile, the place detectives allegedly discovered the firearm close to the spare tire. Police obtained a search warrant and recovered the Canik 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol, which Mallory mentioned had been reported stolen in Indianapolis.

Protection lawyer Catherine Stockslager mentioned Montilla Carreno has lived in Cook dinner County for 4 years, works as a supply driver for Amazon, Uber, and DoorDash, and is the daddy of two kids.

Stockslager advised the case might contain a self-defense declare as soon as surveillance footage is absolutely reviewed.

Rivera rejected Stockslager’s suggestion that digital monitoring can be ample for Montilla Carreno as he awaits trial, noting he’s accused of firing no less than 5 photographs exterior an working day care middle.

“One in every of them hitting the sufferer and the opposite 4, we don’t know the place they went,” Rivera mentioned.

She additionally famous that Montilla Carreno is accused of leaving Illinois after the taking pictures and driving to Indiana whereas nonetheless possessing the stolen firearm.

This story relies on a transcript of court docket proceedings that was bought by way of the generosity of CWB Chicago’s paid subscribers.