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Jan 6, 2008 10:19 pm US/Central
Another Logan Square Shooting Victim Dies
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
Another victim died Sunday in Tuesday's shooting in Logan Square that may have started with a drug deal.
Jose Soberanis-Radilla, 36, of 2415 N. Monticello was pronounced dead at 2:18 p.m. Sunday at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. He died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Soberanis-Radilla was initially taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition.
Michael Sanchez, 24, of 2500 block of North Linder Avenue, was charged Thursday with two counts each of first degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. Sanchez appeared in court Friday but Mirabelli had no information on his bond hearing.
Also killed were Martha Orteaga, 47, of an unknown home address, and Jose Bravo, 30s, of an unknown home address, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
All four victims were reportedly duct-taped before the shooting, which may have stemmed from a drug-deal gone wrong.
The shooting occurred about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday at 2415 N. Monticello Ave., according to police News Affairs Sgt. Eugene Mullins.
Grand Central Area Sgt. Bryan Holy said one suspect was a 25-year-old man, who has addresses on the Northwest Side and in the southwest suburbs, has been known to drive a black, 1993 Lincoln Town car limousine with temporary Illinois license plates of 961H182. The man is allegedly a member of the Spanish Cobras street gang.
Mirabelli had no information on Sanchez's role in the fatal shooting.
All that is known about the second suspect is that he is a man, according to Holy, who said police are seeking at least one other person in the fatal shooting.
Autopsies performed Wednesday revealed Orteaga died of a gunshot wound to the head and Bravo suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Orteaga was pronounced dead on the scene and Bravo was pronounced dead at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the medical examiner's office said.
The deaths are Chicago's first homicides of 2008.
Police said there are no signs of forced entry, according to Mullins, who said it remains unclear if the shooting was gang-related.
At least one weapon was recovered and all four victims were inside the residence.
The one remaining survivor was at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition early Friday.
Grand Central Area detectives are investigating.
Anyone with information is urged to call detectives at (312) 746-8282.
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
