“This is legendary footage right here. … Who would do such a thing?” Gaven Leon allegedly said in one video. “Thank you for coming. Appreciate it. They said somebody got to shooting. I know who did it, too. I know who was shooting, too. This s— is funny as hell. We just toying with their a–.”
apartment over concerns the other man’s van "was being too loud," prosecutors said during his initial court hearing Monday.
Leon, who had no prior arrests, surrendered to Chicago police on Sunday after witnesses identified him as the shooter, according to an arrest report. Prosecutors said investigators searched Leon’s phone and found videos and pictures from the crime scene that showed him "trolling the police." The disturbing monologue came after Leon perched in the window of his apartment in the 3900 block of West Irving Park Road around 11:30 p.m. and fired at the van with the help of a laser sight, prosecutors said. After his rifle jammed, he re-loaded and fired again as a witness inside the apartment watched.Balbag was struck in the head and later pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic, according to prosecutors and police.
In addition, Leon allegedly showed another person the gun after the attack and admitted that he "shot someone because their car was being too loud." Detectives also searched his Facebook account and found pictures that showed him holding a rifle similar to the "ghost gun," prosecutors said.