Overview

• Joe Perez, 54, was arrested and charged with capital murder in the Northwest Side double killing at the Casa Del Sol Apartments, with bond set at $800,000.
• The affidavit says Perez shot 26-year-old Jorge Espejo Gudino, then pursued and fatally shot Jose Yanez-Nava after Yanez-Nava threw a rock at his car.
• Investigators linked Perez to the scene through recovered shell casings tied to a prior case and a red sedan seen during the shooting and later found at his home.
• In a separate case, Alejandro Antonio Cruz, 29, was arrested on a murder charge in the West Side killing of his cousin, 35-year-old Anthony Sanchez, and booked on a $250,000 bond.
• Witnesses reported seeing Cruz shoot Sanchez twice, and police identified Cruz in a six-photograph lineup after officers found Sanchez with gunshot wounds to his arm and head.