Chicago police will provide an update on a fatal shooting that occurred during a birthday party at a Portage Park bar over the weekend sources said.
The shooting killed three people and critically wounded another person.
A suspect was taken into custody in connection to this shooting Monday, but no charges were announced. The shooting occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday during a birthday party for the niece of the bar’s owner. The niece was seriously wounded and her father, Ricky Vera, 50, was killed. Two of the woman’s friends, Mario Pozuelos, 26, and Mercedes Tavares, 24, also died.
A law enforcement source said the gunman stood over some of the victims and kept firing. The gunman then sped off in a dark-colored SUV.A person of interest is being questioned in connection with a triple homicide on Chicago's Northwest Side. Vera and Pozuelos were shot in the head and body and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Tavares was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead.Police said detectives were reviewing surveillance video.All the news you need to know, every day
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