A Chicago Latino man was brutally beaten to death by two people when he
was placing Christmas lights outside his home
in the Gage Park neighborhood this weekend, according to police and members of his family.
Investigators indicated that José Téllez, 49, was hit in the head around 6.30 in the afternoon by two individuals "armed with blunt objects" who arrived in a sedan car.
Téllez's relatives and neighbors detailed that the attack occurred when he was preparing the Christmas decorations.
"He was hanging up the Christmas decorations with his family, and suddenly they came," Silverio Nodal, a friend and neighbor of the family, told ABC7 News.
Kellie Bartoli, a police spokeswoman, said the investigators' report did not specify what type of blunt object the two men were armed with.
When asked
if Tellez knew his attackers or if there was any discussion
or interaction before the men began hitting him on the head, Bartoli said "detectives are still analyzing him," according to the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
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Téllez was taken in critical condition, with head injuries, to Advocate Christ Medical Center.
He was pronounced dead at 10:32 p.m., according to the coroner's office.
The authorities reported that so far there are no detainees
.
Téllez, who was married with three children, had lived in the neighborhood for more than a decade, and was well liked by the community, his neighbors said.
His niece, Daisy Castro, said he
was
"
a loving husband, father, brother and son
" on a fundraising page for the family, according to NBC News Chicago.
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On Sunday night, a group of neighbors gathered at the scene of the tragedy to support the family and begin
a surveillance plan
to protect the block from violence.
