No bail for man charged in Little Village shooting that left nurse dead

Armando Lopez, 19, was charged in connection with the death of Frank Aguilar.

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Armando Lopez is charged in connection with a fatal Little Village shooting

Chicago police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting Nov. 12, 2019, in the 3700 block of West 32nd Street.

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A man charged with fatally shooting a nurse in Little Village on the Southwest Side has been ordered held without bail.

Armando Lopez, 19, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Frank Aguilar, according to Cook County prosecutors.

The Little Village community “stepped up in a big way” to secure the charges, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

Armando Lopez is charged in a fatal shooting

Armando Lopez

Chicago Police Department

About 11:30 p.m. Nov. 12, Aguilar was walking in the 3700 block of West 32nd Street when someone fired shots from a gray SUV, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. 

He was hit in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died, authorities said. 

Aguilar was headed home from a Misericordia nursing home when he was shot, according to a fundraising page made by his sister, Chary Alcazar. 

Detectives reviewed video to identify the vehicle as a 2007 silver Jeep Commander, prosecutors said in a bond proffer. From the video, some “distinctive” characteristics about the car can be seen.

The registered owner of the Jeep is Lopez’s brother-in-law, who has let Lopez use the car on numerous occasions, prosecutors said.

Lopez was driving the vehicle used in the shooting, prosecutors said. He first drove by Aguilar and then turned around.

Surveillance camera footage shows two muzzle flashes as well as a red laser coming from the Jeep as it drove by Aguilar, prosecutors said.

Lopez was arrested Nov. 15 after leading police on a vehicle chase that started in Little Village and ended in a crash in Chatham.

He was charged with aggravated fleeing, attempting to elude police and driving on a revoked license but not in connection with the homicide at the time, police said.

A judge on Thursday ordered him held without bail.

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