An 18-year-old from Illinois has been arrested after taking a selfie with the gun he allegedly killed one other man with in a drive-by taking pictures in 2021.

In keeping with Chicago prosecutors, Hader Garcia posted images of him holding a black 9 mm handgun on social media. The gun was seen as having an prolonged journal coloured olive inexperienced, in addition to a sticker from the model Supreme on it. After the gun was apprehended, it matched to shell casings discovered on the scene of an unsolved drive-by taking pictures that left 35-year-old Richard Robinette useless.

In keeping with CWB Chicago, Robinette was stopped at a pink gentle when Garcia was mentioned to have pulled up within the lane subsequent to him. When he tried to drive away, Garcia allegedly shot on the automotive six instances, leading to Robinette getting struck repeatedly and his automotive being pushed ahead into parked automobiles. He died a short time later on the Illinois Masonic Medical Heart.

Witnesses informed cops the main points of the crime that they may bear in mind, which led them to find out that the automotive Garcia was driving was not really his. In addition they used surveillance footage from close by cameras to trace his actions earlier than and after the drive-by.

Garcia has been charged with one felony depend of first-degree homicide and shall be held in custody with out bond. Of their arrest discover, the Chicago Police Division declined to supply any additional info on the case.

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An 18-year-old has been arrested in Chicago for killing a 35-year-old in a drive-by taking pictures. Ajax9/iStock

This was not Garcia's first run-in with the police. He was arrested simply final month on expenses of possessing a stolen car, in line with info uploaded to the Chicago Police's arrest search service. WTTW reviews that the automotive was taken throughout a carjacking performed by the 18-year-old and that it contained three loaded firearms, together with the one which Garcia took images with.

Garcia's taking pictures was simply considered one of many who have taken place within the Previous Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. Three folks have been just lately shot throughout an after-hours celebration within the neighborhood, with one man being struck within the chest and the opposite two victims being shot within the leg. All three are anticipated to outlive the assault, though the suspect has not been recognized. In a assertion supplied by The Chicago Solar-Occasions, an Workplace of Enterprise Affairs and Client Safety mentioned that it "is working intently with metropolis companions in the course of the investigation."

Newsweek has reached out to the Circuit Court docket of Prepare dinner County, whose Decide Barbara Dawkins presided over Garcia's custody listening to, for remark however has not obtained a response.