Pair acquitted in fatal Halloween shooting
A jury acquitted two men Friday charged as part of a group accused of opening fire on a pack of trick-or-treaters in Hammond’s Hessville section.
Source: chicagotribune.com
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A jury acquitted two men Friday charged as part of a group accused of opening fire on a pack of trick-or-treaters in Hammond’s Hessville section.
Newly unsealed court records show Hammond police executed search warrants for phone records and reviewed surveillance videos as they worked to identify suspects in the Halloween shooting.
Authorities think one of the suspects was tipped off about the arrest of the other two because he was taken into custody while en route to a Chicago bus station,