Anastacio Gonzales | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/anastacio-gonzales/Latest news about Anastacio Gonzalesen-usMon, 20 Apr 2015 09:49:51 -0500WEEK IN REVIEW: Seven killed throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/20/week-in-review-seven-killed-throughout-chicago-2/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Seven people were killed throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>The victims included a 58-year-old woman who was found strangled, a 50-year-old restaurant owner and a downstate woman.</p> <p>Five of the slayings happened over the weekend, when at least 30 others were wounded by gunfire.</p> <p>The most recent killings happened when a 34-year-old woman and man in his 20s were fatally shot while walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne Avenue in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood about 6:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not yet released their names.<br /> <span id="more-10907"></span><br /> In the Little Village community, police found 43-year-old Luis A. Perez shot in the head in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue about 5:20 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.</p> <p>Perez, of the 2700 block of West 24th Street, was declared dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>On Saturday, 50-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/hermenegildo-vilchis/">Hermenegildo Vilchis</a> was stabbed in the chest during an argument at his restaurant, El Taco Naco, in the 2600 block of West Chicago Avenue in West Town about 1 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Vilchis, of the 3800 block of West Diversey Avenue, died at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center less than an hour later, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/anastacio-gonzales/">Anastacio Gonzales</a>, 51, from the nearby 2600 block of West Rice Street, was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery, police said.</p> <p>On Friday, 36-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/courtney-jackson/">Courtney Jackson</a> was inside a car in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue in the Humboldt Park community when a gunman walked up and opened fire about 10:50 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Jackson, of the 1400 block of North Lotus Avenue, was shot in the chest and died at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center early Saturday, authorities said. A 35-year-old man in the car was also wounded, police said.</p> <p>On Wednesday, police found a 58-year-old strangled in the 2500 block of West Moffat Street in Logan Square at 5:45 p.m., authorities said. The medical examiner's office has not yet released her name.</p> <p>The killing started early Wednesday when when gunfire erupted about 1:50 a.m. in the 4500 block of North Broadway in Uptown. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jennifer-ponton/">Jennifer Ponton</a>, 24, was shot multiple times while riding in a passing vehicle.</p> <p>Ponton, of the 1200 block of Madison Court in downstate Bradley, died hours later at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>She was the <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/17/medical-examiners-office-reports-100th-chicago-homicide-of-2015/">100th homicide in Chicago this year</a>, according to the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>In 2015, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 105 Chicago deaths a homicide, including one person fatally shot by police.</p> Michael LansuMon, 20 Apr 2015 09:49:51 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/20/week-in-review-seven-killed-throughout-chicago-2/Courtney JacksonJennifer PontonHermenegildo VilchisAnastacio GonzalesAnastacio Gonzales, 51, charged with murder in stabbing death of Hermenegildo Vilchis at West Town restauranthttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/19/anastacio-gonzales-51-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-hermenegildo-vilchis-at-west-town-restaurant/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/04/AnastacioGonzales.jpg" alt="Anastacio Gonzales / Photo from Chicago Police" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-full wp-image-10903" /><br /> Anastacio Gonzales / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p>A 51-year-old man has been charged with murder in the early Saturday stabbing death of a 50-year-old restaurant owner at his West Town eatery.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/anastacio-gonzales/">Anastacio Gonzales</a> was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery for the attack at El Taco Naco at 2640 W. Chicago Ave., police said.</p> <p>About 1 a.m. Saturday, Gonzales stabbed <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/hermenegildo-vilchis/">Hermenegildo Vilchis</a> in the chest during an argument, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-10902"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/981.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Prosecutors said Gonzales did odd jobs around the restaurant and stabbed Vilchis in front of the restaurant owner's wife and 11-year-old daughter after Vilchis refused to hand over a basement key, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-police-murder-robbery-charges-filed-in-overnight-restaurant-stabbing-20150419-story.html">according to the Chicago Tribune</a>.</p> <p>Vilchis, of the 3800 block of West Diversey Avenue, died at Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Vilchis owned El Taco Naco, according to public records.</p> <p>Gonzales, of the 2600 block of West Rice Street, is scheduled to appear in court Sunday for a bond hearing.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuSun, 19 Apr 2015 12:20:50 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/19/anastacio-gonzales-51-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-hermenegildo-vilchis-at-west-town-restaurant/Hermenegildo VilchisAnastacio Gonzales