CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A teen has been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old in West Elsdon on the Southwest Side in September.
The 16-year-old boy is accused of walking up to a parked car in the 5400 block of South Avers Avenue and shooting Azul De La Garza around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 25, according to Chicago police.
The boy was taken into custody about noon Monday and charged with first-degree murder. Police did not release his name because he is a minor.
The arrest comes a month after police released a video of three suspects in the killing of De La Garza, who had spent the day shopping with family and had just bought a Halloween costume.
De La Garza had recently graduated from Solorio Academy and had won second place in a state wrestling tournament. De La Garza had a scholarship to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago this fall.
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