Crime & Safety
Violent TX Fugitive Busted In Downtown Chicago Vacation Rental: Authorities
He was a registered guest at an apartment in the Loop that was used as a vacation rental, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
CHICAGO — A fugitive wanted in connection with a Texas shooting was found by authorities in a vacation rental in downtown Chicago, according to police.
U.S. Marshals out of Texas contacted law enforcement Oct. 26 seeking help finding 38-year-old German Medina-Gonzalez of Dallas, who had an arrest warrant for an Oct. 11 shooting in Irving, Texas, and was wanted for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said. He was thought to have left the state in a Porsche Macan, according to authorities.
Officers found the Porsche on Wednesday in the 900 block of South Clark Street and learned that Medina-Gonzalez was a registered guest at an apartment in the area that was used as a vacation rental, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
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Officers found him in the apartment, took him into custody and brought him to Cook County Jail to await extradition, police said.
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