Overview

• Chicago police arrested Demontre Eason and Justin Neal-Guy on August 12 and charged them with two counts of murder and a home-invasion offense in connection with the March 22 West Rogers Park killing.
• The March 22 shooting erupted after an argument in a 6400-block North Richmond Street apartment and left a 32-year-old victim who later died at the hospital while officers recovered a weapon at the scene.
• In the early hours of August 13, a 32-year-old man was found with multiple upper-body gunshot wounds on the 1600 block of West Estes Street and pronounced dead at Saint Francis Hospital.
• Detectives processed the Estes Street crime scene for hours, recovering numerous shell casings—including some fired from a rifle—after witnesses reported hearing more than a dozen shots.
• The Estes Street victim was the 14th person shot in Rogers Park so far this year and the third fatality, underscoring a broader summer surge in local gun violence.