Evanston Arrest Leads To Murder Charge In Chicago Stabbing Case

EVANSTON, IL — A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder in a fatal stabbing of a 39-year-old man in 2025, according to police.

Tomas Velasquez-Argueta, 48, was arrested on Wednesday in the 1300 block of Madison Street in Evanston by members of the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.

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Chicago police identified Velasquez-Argueta as the offender in a fatal stabbing that happened July 8, 2025, in the 3400 block of North Kimball in the city's Avondale neighborhood. Police said he was taken into custody and charged with one felony count of first-degree murder.

The case stems from an early morning call in Chicago more than a year earlier.

Officers were dispatched to the area around 1:49 a.m. after receiving a report of a man who was unresponsive and bleeding near the Metra tracks. The man had suffered multiple lacerations and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.