By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Elizabeth Diaz | Chicago Police
In retaliation for a gang beating, a 15-year-old boy riding in an SUV fatally shot 20-year-old Carlos Ocampo on his bicycle on a Northwest Side street, then got out and repeatedly shot him as he lay on the ground, prosecutors said Friday.
The details emerged Friday in Cook County bond court where a judge set a $1 million bond for 18-year-old Elizabeth Diaz, who is charged with murder because she allegedly drove the shooter to Kelvyn Park on Tuesday to kill the gang member, prosecutors said. The 15-year-old shooter has been charged as a juvenile for shooting Ocampo.
Earlier in the day, Diaz wasn’t happy when she learned her younger brother had been beaten up by some Latin Cobras who believed he was in a rival gang, prosecutors said.
So Diaz and several others, including the gunman, piled in her black Ford Expedition, seeking revenge, prosecutors said.
Carlos Ocampo | Facebook
After the shooting, the SUV stalled nearby in the 2500 block of North Kostner, so Diaz and the others ran away, including the gunman, prosecutors said.
Diaz later reported her car stolen and when she was contacted by police, admitted to being at the shooting, Assistant State’s Attorney Bryan Grissman said. She later allegedly confessed to picking up the shooter and knowing he had a gun.
A witness also told police Diaz had said the group was going to the park to kill the Cobras that beat up her brother, Grissman said.
Diaz’s younger brother, 15, thought he was targeted by the Latin Cobras because they believed he was in the Latin Boys, Grissman said. To verify who beat him, Diaz and another brother, 17, looked at photos on Facebook.
Diaz then picked up some friends. Prosecutors said Diaz encouraged the boy to bring a gun and picked him up in the SUV.
The young gunman, who was in the front-passenger seat, started shouting at Ocampo, and Ocampo shouted back, Grissman said. Soon, Ocampo rode his bike closer to the SUV and kept yelling, Grissman said.
That’s when the boy allegedly pulled out a handgun from his backpack and started shooting.
When police arrived, they found Ocampo in the street and the empty Ford Expedition. They ran the plate and determined it was Diaz’s car.
Diaz has no criminal background. She attended Foreman College and Career Academy, received her GED, and works at Northstar Coffee at Addison and Kimball, as assistant public defender said.