Zachary Stinson / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Zack Stinson was ordered held without bond Wednesday after prosecutors said he fatally shot Gabriel Menses during a dispute in the Portage Park neighborhood.
Menses, 31, called Stinson about 1 a.m. Sept. 10 and asked to meet up in the 5100 block of West Waveland Avenue, said Assistant State’s Attorney Alex Molesky.
When Menses arrived he found Stinson, 24, in the backseat of a blue SUV and the two began to argue through the open windows, authorities said.
The driver of the SUV tried to drive away, but Menses pulled up to block the car, authorities said.
Menses and Stinson began arguing again, then Stinson pulled out a gun and shot Menses four times, Molesky said.
Stinson and the others in the SUV fled after the shooting, and responding police officers found Menses shot in the back in the driver’s seat of his car, which had crashed into a tree and parked vehicle, authorities said.
Menses, of the 4600 block of North Sayre Avenue in Norridge, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Molesky said Stinson was positively identified in photographs and a photo array by witnesses.
After the shooting, Stinson and his girlfriend fled to California, where he was arrested and extradited back to Illinois, Molesky said.
He has a pending misdemeanor driving under the influence case and was convicted of a weapons charge in 2013, according to court records.
During a Wednesday bond hearing, Stinson’s public defender said Stinson has a 3-year-old daughter and noted the shooting happened during an argument.
Judge Laura Sullivan ordered Stinson held without bond.
— Contributing: Rummana Hussain