Two men were charged Thursday in the beating death of a 55-year-old father who was hanging up Christmas lights in Gage Park as part of a 5-hour crime spree on Chicago's Southwest Side.
Moises Barrios, 23, and Pedro Mendiola, 21, each face over 20 charges in a crime spree that had 14 victims including Jose Tellez, a father of three, whom they beat to death, police said.
Chicago police Supt. David Brown held a press conference Friday morning after two officers were shot by a gunman on the West Side as they took a lunch break. Barrios and Mendiola each face 9 counts of aggravated battery and use of a deadly weapon and 10 felony counts of armed robbery, police said.
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