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Immigrant immigration has been charged in the stabbing death of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago over the weekend, according to officials.
Winayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the incident that occurred Sunday morning, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. He appeared on Tuesday to plead guilty, when a judge ordered him to plead guilty to a pretrial motion.
Two 14-year-olds were also charged – one was charged with first degree murder and the other was charged with armed robbery. The 14-year-olds appeared in Youth Court on Monday and were ordered to be remanded in custody.
Authorities said the victim did not know any of the suspects.
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Three teenagers were charged in the stabbing of a 49-year-old homeless man in Chicago over the weekend. (Pet Pictures)
All three suspects are reportedly from Venezuela.
The Department of Homeland Security told FOX News that records show Rodriguez-Vazquez is believed to have crossed into the US in September 2023 near Eagle Pass, Texas. He was arrested and released at that time with his mother.
Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Kleist also said in a court filing in the stabbing case that Rodriguez-Vasquez’s connection to Texas Law enforcement in 2023 was written as an “Alive Alive angashonit” case.
Rodriguez-Vasquez has no prior criminal history in Illinois, according to Kleist.
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Winayker Rodriguez-Vasquez, 16, was charged as an adult with the first offense. (Beata Zawrzel / Nurphoto via Getty Images)
Prosecutors say the stabbing attack happened around 5:45 Sunday in the Chicago Loop, where the victim was lying next to his cat and his belongings, including Mask Skele.
The group that included Rodriguez-Vasquez and the 14-year-old allegedly approached the victim while Rodriguez-Vasquez had a knife hidden in his crib and another teenager grabbed a metal rod, according to prosecutors.
One of the youth grabbed the victim’s mask. When the victim got up, Rodriguez-Vasquez allegedly kicked him, prosecutors said. One of the 14-year-olds allegedly hit the victim, and Rodriguez-Vasquez is accused of stabbing him in the back, causing him to fall.
The attack was captured on surveillance video.
DHS said records show Wuinayker Rodriguez-Vasquez is believed to have crossed into the US in September 2023 near Eagle Pass, Texas. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The victim was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death a recurrent wound and the manner of death was homicide.
The police later arrested the youths after seeing people on camera wearing the same clothes seen in the surveillance. Rodriguez-Vasquez was found with a knife, and was later identified by his mother and another gang member.
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Prosecutors said Rodriguez-Vasquez was seen in replays from after the incident “showing a knife at the group, making decisions to stab, and wearing a victim’s mask on his head.”
A police source in Chicago told FOX News This was a brutal and brutal murder of an innocent innocent man, saying “it’s something of the style of” Style “where some of the suspects were laughing afterwards.
FOX News’ Patrick McGoven and Matthew Finn contributed to this report.
