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20-year-sentence for fatal shooting of 19-year-old Jonathan Santiago in 2013 in Humboldt Park

Jeff Mayes — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:36:35 -0500

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for shooting 19-year-old man Jonathan Santiago to death three years ago in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Lord Byron Mancilla pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder before Judge Thomas J. Byrne on July 13, according to Cook County court records.

About 2:45 a.m. on April 13, 2013, Santiago and two friends were sitting in a car smoking in the 3300 block of West Beach when several suspicious cars passed by, prosecutors said at the time.

They started walking toward one of their homes when Mancilla and another man stepped out of a gangway and confronted them, prosecutors said.

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"What's up b----?" Mancilla allegedly said as he started shooting.

Santiago, of the 900 block of South Homan, was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital by his friends, but later died, authorities said.

Mancilla gave the gun to someone to hide, and a gang member was later arrested with the gun, which matched the bullet found in the victim.

Mancilla was arrested two months later and identified in a lineup by the two friends who were with Santiago when he was shot, prosecutors said.

Judge Byrne sentenced Mancilla to 20 years in prison Tuesday, according to court records. He will receive credit for 1,154 days served in the Cook County Jail, and will have to serve three years of supervised release.

Man ordered held without bond in April shooting death of West Side teen

John Carpenter — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:00:31 -0500

By John Carpenter and Rummana Hussain

A Logan Square man was ordered held without bond Thursday for the April 13 shooting death of 19-year-old Jonathan Santiago, killed in the 3300 block of W. Beach Ave.

Lord Byron Mancilla, 22, was arrested Tuesday, after police said two witnesses identified him, and a gun he allegedly gave an associate was recovered in the possession of a gang member and matched the bullet found in the victim.

Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Christy Brewer also said Mancilla’s cell phone records indicated he was in the area at the time of the murder, and he allegedly admitted his role in the shooting to a third party.

But Assistant Cook County Public Defender Marijane Placek said Mancilla, who lives in the 3800 block of West Wellington, was at work at the time of the shooting. He works for a company called Molly’s Cupcakes, she said.

Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered Mancilla held without bond.

Brewer said that at about 2:45 a.m. April 13, Santiago and two friends were sitting in a car smoking when several cars they thought looked suspicious passed by. Deciding they’d be safer indoors, they started walking towards one of their homes. Mancilla and another man allegedly stepped out of a gangway and confronted them.

“What’s up b----?” Mancilla allegedly said as he started shooting, running at Santiago and his friends.

Santiago collapsed in the street, and was taken to the hospital by his two friends. He died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Brewer said Mancilla gave the gun to an individual so that person could hide it, and that “another gang member was subsequently arrested with the gun.” Mancilla was arrested Tuesday, and allegedly identified in a line-up by the two men who were with Santiago when he was shot.

Rosa Gonzalez, Santiago’s mother, said she is relieved someone has been arrested. But she doesn’t expect to ever find complete comfort.

“I’m happy that justice exists in this world, and that Jonathan is going to get it,” she said. “But, at the end of the day, how do you find justice for taking a life, and for changing and destroying so many other lives? My son is gone forever. How do you find justice for forever? I don’t know.”

Humbolt Park teen shot, killed

John Carpenter — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:50:54 -0500

Sun-Times Media Wire; Monday, April 15, 2013

Jonathan Santiago, 19, was shot and killed in the Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday morning, authorities said. He was standing in a group in the 3300 block of West Beach Avenue about 2:45 a.m. when two males came out of a nearby gangway and opened fire, striking him in the chest, police said. Santiago was pronounced dead at Norwegian-American Hospital at 3:12 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.