Man charged with 1st degree murder for River North road rage stabbing near Mag Mile

CHICAGO (WLS) — A person is charged with first diploma homicide for the River North stabbing that killed 36-year-old Jeremy Walker after a street rage incident close to Michigan Avenue.

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown and Cook dinner County State’s Legal professional Kim Foxx introduced the fees Friday afternoon.

Alan Perez, whose age was not instantly identified, will seem in bond courtroom Saturday, Brown mentioned.

Witnesses informed police they noticed Walker pull as much as the intersection of Dearborn and Ohio streets round 7:30 p.m. and put his blue Kia in park, in line with a police report.

Witnesses informed the Solar-Instances the sufferer requested the motive force of a black automobile behind him why he was honking.

The motive force of the black automobile additionally bought out, armed with a knife, police mentioned. Walker fought “to maintain the knife away from him” however the attacker “slipped from his grip” and stabbed him within the left facet of his neck, investigators mentioned within the police report.

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A witness mentioned he noticed three males get out of the black automobile, and the 2 drivers have been punching one another earlier than the Kia driver pinned the motive force of the black automobile to the bottom, and he was stabbed.

After the assault, the knife-wielding man jumped again in his automobile and sped off northbound on Dearborn.

Walker drove away, too. He finally flagged down an officer for assist close to Ohio and Michigan Avenue.

Walker was rushed to the hospital, the place he later died.

Walker’s household mentioned he was working as a meals supply particular person, however was simply days away from beginning a brand new job as a bus driver.

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The police report mentioned a few of the assault was caught by a close-by automobile’s digital camera. The attacker was described within the police report as between 20 and 30, sporting a black baseball cap, a black T-shirt and denims.

Solar-Instances Media contributed to this report.