Antonio Gamoba / Photo from GoFundMe.com
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
A local personal trainer allegedly stabbed a musician to death and injured two women at a Super Bowl party because they tried to help the girlfriend he roughed up during the festivities on the Near South Side.
Aaron Rutigliano shoved Antonio Gamboa up against the wall in the apartment in the 2300 block of South Michigan Avenue and stabbed him over a dozen times Sunday night, Assistant State’s Attorney Jaimie Santini said.
Gamboa and other partygoers had tried to come to the aide of Rutigliano’s girlfriend after Rutigliano grabbed the woman’s arm, neck and hair before shoving her to the ground, Santini said.
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Abraham Burgo has died after being shot last month in the North Lawndale community.
Burgo, 35, was shot in the neck in the 1500 block of South Trumbull Avenue about 5:20 p.m. Jan. 23, authorities said.
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Tyree Harris, 18, was fatally shot Jan. 23 in the Chicago Lawn community. Reader “Mrs. Rayfield” posted this about him:
This was a good kid. He always work hard in my class and was a promising student. He had a sweet disposition and was extremely respectful. I am truly heartbroken.
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Five men were shot to death and another was fatally stabbed last week in Chicago.
The most recent killing happened when 23-year-old Antonio Gamboa was stabbed at a Super Bowl party in the 2300 block of South Michigan Avenue when he tried to break up a fight between an arguing couple, authorities said.
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Antonio Gamboa was stabbed to death during a Super Bowl party Sunday night on the Near South Side.
Gamboa, 23, was at the party in the 2300 block of South Michigan Avenue when a couple began to argue, authorities said.
When Gamboa attempted to stop the argument, the man stabbed him in the abdomen, authorities said.
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BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Chicago averaged nearly a murder per day in the first month of the new year.
Police reported 28 murders in January 2015, a 40 percent increase compared to the 20 last January, when the city had the fewest January murders since 1964.
While January slayings were up compared to last year, they were significantly down compared to the 40 killings in 2013 and the 38 in 2012, according to police data.
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Savoy Young was fatally shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday morning.
Police responding to a call of shots fired found Young in an alley in the 8100 block of South Chappel Avenue about 11:15 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.
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Leandrew Harper was fatally shot in the West Englewood neighborhood Friday night.
Police found Harper, 34, outside in the 7000 block of South Honore Street about 5:40 p.m., authorities said.
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Gabriel Guardiola / Photo from Chicago Police
BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media
Gabriel Guardiola was convicted of murder Friday for shooting a friend who refused to get into his car after a night at a strip club.
Guardiola, 38, was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday for the shooting that killed Cicero resident Ricardo Rivera early Feb. 24, 2013 according to court records.
Prosecutors said the pair belonged to the same motorcycle club, and Guardiola had picked up Rivera hours earlier so they could go to a strip club.
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Christopher Cage / Photo from Chicago Police
Christopher Cage has been charged with murder for a West Pullman shooting that left Myron Collier dead and another man critically wounded early Thursday, authorities said.
Collier, 24, and the other man were both shot in the head near East 119th Street and South Yale Avenue about 2:05 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.
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