Chicago Double Murder on Facebook Live: The Valentine’s Day Ambush

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CASE FILE PREVIEW

On February 14, 2017, a Facebook Live broadcast began inside a vehicle in a North Lawndale alley. Within minutes, gunfire interrupted the stream. Two people were killed, a pregnant woman survived, and the phone continued recording after the attack had already begun.

The video captured the opening of the case. It did not identify who fired.

The Blue Chevrolet Spark

Detectives turned toward surveillance outside the victims’ vehicle. Prosecutors alleged that a blue Chevrolet Spark circled the neighborhood before pulling alongside the car in the alley.

The full case file reconstructs the alleged route, the vehicle evidence, what surveillance reportedly captured, and the major details that remain missing from the public record.

Three Defendants, Three Outcomes

Three men were eventually prosecuted, but their cases did not end the same way. One admitted conspiracy, another pleaded guilty to murder, and the third faced a jury nearly eight years after the shooting.

The different outcomes raise deeper questions about what each man was accused of doing, what prosecutors could prove, and why an alleged fourth occupant never appeared in the publicly resolved case.

Inside the Full Case File

The complete investigation breaks down the Facebook Live recording, the alley reconstruction, witness identifications, alleged retaliation motive, medical findings, blue Spark surveillance route, conflicting reports, court outcomes, and the evidence still hidden behind unreleased police and court records.

The livestream showed the attack beginning. The full file follows how detectives and prosecutors tried to identify the men outside the camera frame.

Unlock the full case file.