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18-year-old suspect arrested for robbery and murder in Chicago

2021-11-13T07:50:51.423Z


Chinese student Zhang Shaoxiong (Shaoxiong Zheng, Dennis) was robbed and killed near the University of Chicago on November 9. Chicago police said they had arrested the 18-year-old suspect Alton Spann on the 12th, who was arrested.


Chinese student Zhang Shaoxiong (Shaoxiong Zheng, Dennis) was robbed and killed near the University of Chicago on November 9.

Chicago police said they had arrested 18-year-old Alton Spann on the 12th, who was charged with murder.


Chicago Chief Superintendent David Brown said that Spann from Chicago has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of illegal use of weapons.

It is currently unknown whether the suspect has hired a representative lawyer.

Chicago Deputy Chief Detective Muhammad (Rahman Muhammad) said that Zhang was standing on the side of a residential area at the time of the incident. He shot.

Spann fled afterwards.

Muhammad claimed that the suspect ran back to a black Ford Mustang and drove away.

The Associated Press quoted the Chicago Sun-Times on the 12th as saying that Hyde Park, where the crime took place, had five murders in 2021 and none in 2020.

Violent cases in Chicago have increased sharply in the past two years.

The picture shows Zhang Shaoxiong, a Chinese student who was robbed and killed in Chicago on November 9, 2021.

(Photo from the University of Chicago website)

A doctor who lives nearby told the Chicago Tribune that although he tried his best to give Zhang first aid, he could not be rescued.

The doctor said: "I think I arrived a few minutes late, and things happened quite quickly. I did 30 possible external stresses, and then paramedics arrived." He lived near the scene of the crime. , Do not want to reveal their identity.

When Zhang Shaoxiong was walking on the pavement at the junction of 54th Street and Ellis Ave. on the afternoon of the 9th, Span drove a black Ford Mustang approaching, got out of the car and robbed him, and finally shot Zhang.

After Zhang Shaoxiong was shot, he was bloodied. Passers-by gave him first aid and sent him to the University of Chicago Hospital, but he could not save his life in the end.

According to his information on Linkdin's page, 24-year-old Zhang Shaoxiong studied high school in Chengdu, China, and studied statistics and finance at the University of Hong Kong. He graduated in 2019. In the same year, he left Hong Kong to study statistics at the University of Chicago. He was awarded a master's degree in the summer of 2021. .

Over 30 student visas were cancelled. The Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, intervened and coordinated the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles: Chinese students were threatened when they entered the country. They have made serious representations to the United States. British media: Chinese students must use VPN for remote classes. A Chinese student was repatriated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the United States: Strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed

The Chinese Consulate General in Chicago was deeply shocked and deplored by the unfortunate death of this Chinese student, and strongly condemned the murderous and murderous crimes of innocent people, and requested the US to investigate and publicize the case as soon as possible, and take practical measures to protect China, including Chinese students. Citizen safety.

Source: hk1

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