Chicago shooting: Miguel Avelar guilty in shooting of father, toddleron N. Tripp in West Humboldt Park, court documents show
A man pleaded guilty nearly four years after a shooting, hurting a toddler and his father.
In July 2021, a 2-year-old was playing outside a home in the 1500-block of N. Tripp Ave. around 7:25 p.m. when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone got out and began shooting.
The boy was shot in the leg and a 32-year-old man, identified as the boy's father by crisis responder Andrew Holmes, was shot in the face, police said.
Miguel Avelar, then 18, was charged with two felony counts of first-degree attempted murder
Nearly four years later, Avelar pleaded guilty to both charges.
He was sentenced to 19 years in IDOC with three years mandatory supervised release.
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