A third victim was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head and listed in critical condition.
-- Chicago police announced charges in a mass shooting that left three people dead and a fourth critically wounded on theThe shooting happened around 2:26 a.m. Sunday at the Vera Lounge, at 3235 N. Central Ave. off School Street in Portage Park. Police said an argument inside the bar turned into a fight that spilled outside in the street, and that was when a man fired shots and fled in a dark-colored sport-utility vehicle.
Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was arrested in connection with a mass shooting in Portage Park that left three people dead and another critically injured.Ricky Vera, 50, whose brother owns the bar, was shot in the head and chest and was pronounced dead on the scene. Maria Vera, 25, his daughter, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head, and was listed in critical condition.
Brown declined to go into detail about the manner of the killings, but only described them as"heartless." As for the exact reason for the violence, Brown said"The rest is unexplainable."
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