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Beach Park Man Dies in Alleged Murder-for-Hire as Two Held, Suspected Shooter Charged

License-plate readers with neighborhood video guided detectives to arrests in Wisconsin, then North Chicago.

Overview

  • Authorities identified the victim as 46-year-old Oscar Ochoa-Tello, who died Saturday from complications of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said.
  • Cristian N. Ruval-Cavatorres was taken into custody in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, after a traffic stop and is being held in Racine County pending extradition to Lake County.
  • Ruval-Cavatorres faces counts of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
  • Investigators say surveillance and Flock license-plate data linked a vehicle to the shooting, and a search recovered a pistol believed to be used and a phone tied to planning.
  • A male suspected of hiring the shooter was detained Thursday in the 1600 block of Park Avenue in North Chicago, and charges remain pending.