Person charged in attack on teen who refused to join gang
A Little Village man has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes after prosecutors said he took part in the beating and stabbing of a teen who refused to join his gang earlier this month.
Heriberto Ramirez, 20, of the 2800 block of South Trumball Avenue, was denied bail Sunday in Cook County Bond Court.
Ramirez was arrested by Chicago police Saturday after he was shot several times in the groin, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Naheda Zayyad Hussien.
He was recovering at Stroger Hospital as of Sunday afternoon, and Judge James Brown ordered him held on no bail.
The circumstances surrounding Ramirez’s gunshot injuries leading up to his arrest remained unclear Sunday. Chicago police declined to comment on the case, saying it was an ongoing investigation. The only 20-year-old shot on the West Side since the attack on the boy, however, appears to have been shot in the 2100 block of South Wood Street on Thursday. A juvenile already charged in the attack on the 15-year-old and an unidentified suspect approached the victim outside the victim’s Little Village house March 15 as the teen was heading to the corner store and demanded he go with them, Hussien said.
Ramirez, a Latin King member who goes by “Young Rocket,” met them at a nearby laundromat, according to court records and Hussien.
The three told the teen he was going to join the Latin Kings and the teen refused, Hussien said. Ramirez, the juvenile and the unidentified suspect then blindfolded the teen and took him to a house at an unknown location, where they again demanded he join the gang, according to Hussien. The teen again refused and they knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head and body, Hussein said, and robbed him.
The three blindfolded the teen once more and took him to a house in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue, where the juvenile and Ramirez again assaulted the teen, punching him in the face, Hussien said.
With the victim on the ground, the unidentified suspect stabbed the teen in the neck multiple times, causing deep gashes and severe bleeding, according to Hussien.
Believing the teen to be dead, the three threw him into a garbage can, Hussien said. He is recovering after having been taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and treated for lacerations and severe facial bruising, Hussien said.
Ramirez faces kidnapping, robbery, gang recruitment of a minor and battery charges in addition to the attempted murder charge, according to court records. He is due back in court on Friday.
Source: Chicago Tribune
Heriberto Ramirez, 20, of the 2800 block of South Trumball Avenue, was denied bail Sunday in Cook County Bond Court.
Ramirez was arrested by Chicago police Saturday after he was shot several times in the groin, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Naheda Zayyad Hussien.
He was recovering at Stroger Hospital as of Sunday afternoon, and Judge James Brown ordered him held on no bail.
The circumstances surrounding Ramirez’s gunshot injuries leading up to his arrest remained unclear Sunday. Chicago police declined to comment on the case, saying it was an ongoing investigation. The only 20-year-old shot on the West Side since the attack on the boy, however, appears to have been shot in the 2100 block of South Wood Street on Thursday. A juvenile already charged in the attack on the 15-year-old and an unidentified suspect approached the victim outside the victim’s Little Village house March 15 as the teen was heading to the corner store and demanded he go with them, Hussien said.
Ramirez, a Latin King member who goes by “Young Rocket,” met them at a nearby laundromat, according to court records and Hussien.
The three told the teen he was going to join the Latin Kings and the teen refused, Hussien said. Ramirez, the juvenile and the unidentified suspect then blindfolded the teen and took him to a house at an unknown location, where they again demanded he join the gang, according to Hussien. The teen again refused and they knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head and body, Hussein said, and robbed him.
The three blindfolded the teen once more and took him to a house in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue, where the juvenile and Ramirez again assaulted the teen, punching him in the face, Hussien said.
With the victim on the ground, the unidentified suspect stabbed the teen in the neck multiple times, causing deep gashes and severe bleeding, according to Hussien.
Believing the teen to be dead, the three threw him into a garbage can, Hussien said. He is recovering after having been taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and treated for lacerations and severe facial bruising, Hussien said.
Ramirez faces kidnapping, robbery, gang recruitment of a minor and battery charges in addition to the attempted murder charge, according to court records. He is due back in court on Friday.
Source: Chicago Tribune
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