Brandon Haarman was sentenced to probation Tuesday after being convicted on a lesser charge for fatally stabbing his father during a 2013 argument in their Portage Park apartment.
Haarman, 29, was initially charged with first-degree murder for the Aug. 27, 2013, death of his father, 53-year-old Jim Haarman, authorities said.
Brandon Haarman stabbed his father 13 times in the chest, shoulder area and face during an argument at their apartment in the 3900 block of North Long Avenue, authorities said.
Defense attorney Theodore Adams had said that Brandon Haarman stabbed his father in self-defense after the older man lunged at him while they were arguing over rent money. Read more
After Maneula Rodriguez allegedly stuffed a sock deep down her 7-month-old granddaughter’s throat, bashed the infant’s head with a metal pipe wrench and used a motorized circular saw to slash the baby’s neck, chest and shoulder, she called her sister to tell her what she had done, prosecutors said.
“I did it,” Chicago Police claim Rodriguez said in Spanish when officers arrived on the bloody scene in the Little Village two-flat on Monday.
“I killed her.”
Rodriguez, who cut her own throat, allegedly admitted to paramedics and detectives that she viciously attacked Rose Herrera because she wanted her to stop crying while she babysat. Read more
A 52-year-old woman has been charged with murder after her 7-month-old granddaughter’s neck was slashed with a circular saw in the Little Village neighborhood on Monday.
Manuela Rodriguez, of the 2800 block of South Avers Avenue, is charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to Cook County state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton. A bond hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Investigators suspect the woman used the saw to stop 7-month-old Rose Herrera from crying, authorities said. Read more
Larry Hardin Jr. was fatally shot in the Washington Heights neighborhood Monday night.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired found Hardin on a sidewalk in the 9200 block of South Ada Street about 7:35 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Read more
Scene where a 77-year-old man was fatally shot / Photo by Mitch Dudek
BYMITCHDUDEK
Chicago Sun-Times
A 77-year-old man was killed and his granddaughter and two great-grandchildren were wounded Monday evening in a shooting in the Roseland neighborhood.
The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m. in the 200 block of West 105th Street, police said. The elderly man — identified by relatives as Odell Branch Sr. — was with his 5-year-old great-grandson watching TV in a home. Branch and the 5-year-old were injured when bullets came through a window, police said.
A police source said the exchange of gunfire was between two rival gangs. A small group on the street opened fire on the teenage great-grandson of Branch, and some of the rounds went into the home, striking Branch and the child, police said.
Rival gang members then fired back at the group, striking a 34-year-old woman and 2-year-old boy, the source said. Read more
A 52-year-old woman was taken into custody Monday morning in connection with the death her granddaughter, a 7-month-old girl whose neck was slashed with a circular saw in the Little Village neighborhood.
Investigators suspect the woman used the saw to stop the child from crying, a police source said.
Family members told authorities that the woman, who had been taking care of 7-month-old Rose Herrera in a house in the 2800 block of South Avers Avenue, had been taking antidepressant medication, authorities said. Read more
A Southwest Side man was ordered held on a $1.5 million bond Monday after prosecutors claimed he fatally stabbed his estranged wife’s new boyfriend during a confrontation outside a Back of the Yards neighborhood Burger King.
Vicente Salgado and his estranged wife met at a Burger King restaurant in the 2000 block of West 47th Street about 4:15 p.m. Saturday, said Assistant State’s Attorney Enrique Abraham.
The woman did not want to speak to Salgado alone and brought her new boyfriend, 40-year-old Juan Martinez, who did not sit with the estranged couple while they talked, Abraham said. Read more
Frank Butler was ordered held on $900,000 bond Monday after prosecutors claim he fatally shot Andre Bradford in August 2013 in the Englewood neighborhood.
Bradford, 26, was walking on a sidewalk in the 1600 block of West 59th Street when Butler and an acquaintance came off a nearby porch and began chasing him about 9:15 p.m. Aug. 27, 2013, authorities said.
Both men opened fire on Bradford, who was shot in the back of the head, said Assistant State’s Attorney Akash Vyas. Read more
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