A suspected serial killer is accused of shooting six random strangers in Chicago at the age of 17, with police acknowledging that there could be additional victims, per The Post. Antonio Reyes was already in police custody for a 2020 murder. Prosecutors revealed on Thursday that he is facing five new murder charges, along with four counts of attempted murder, which involve three children aged between 3 and 9.
“None of these people had ever met Antonio Reyes before, and there’s no reason to suspect Antonio Reyes had any reason to target them,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke told reporters at a press conference, per USA Today. “One victim was killed when he went to the gas station to buy a pop. … Another victim was sitting in a parked car with a friend on Palm Sunday afternoon. … Another victim’s only crime was taking his family to buy a new puppy one afternoon,” she said.
Reyes’ Previous Crimes
The charges against Reyes, 21, relate to a series of killings that took place over nine months in 2020 on the Southwest Side of Chicago. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 31. “It’s difficult to comprehend how anyone could easily take someone’s life and especially so many in one year. … Who knows how many he may have been responsible for?”
Reyes has been in police custody since 2021 for the murder of Luis Davalos. Davalos was shot in the head in June 2020, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times. The attempted murder charges involve the three children of one of the victims, who was killed while the kids were in his car. Following his arrest, Reyes is also accused of attempting to kill his cellmate with a shank. Those charges are still pending, according to prosecutors, as NBC reported.
He is currently being held without bail.
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