Federal prosecutors have indicted two alleged gang members in the murder of a teenage National Guardsman in 2021 — after Chicago’s notoriously soft-on-crime state attorney declined to press charges.
Gary Robertson, 40, and Joseph Matos, 41, are accused of gunning down 19-year-old Chrys Caravajal on July 3, 2021, in a drive-by shooting meant to increase their positions in the Milwaukee Kings street gang, according to a recently unsealed indictment.
Both were charged with racketeering and firearm offenses “for allegedly murdering” Caravajal, the US Attorney’s Office said.
Matos had been identified as a suspect soon after the deadly shooting — but Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx claimed there was insufficient evidence to file murder charges, despite desperate pleas from the dead teen’s family.
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