Murder At Spanish American Club Solved With Joliet Man's Arrest: JPD

JOLIET, IL — Two days after an overnight homicide at the Spanish American Club bar took the life of a 40-year-old Joliet resident, Joliet police announced that 30-year-old Jose Aguilar-Moreno is now in the Will County Jail facing first-degree murder charges.

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mr. Chiguil-Toto as well as the others injured in this senseless act of violence," Joliet Police Chief Bill Evans announced in Wednesday night's press release.

Evans went on to say: "Our detectives and officers were relentless in working this case, and I could not be prouder of the members of the Joliet Police Department."

Around 1 a.m. Monday, Joliet police were sent to the Spanish American Club at 413 Meeker Ave., right off Collins Street, where two people were stabbed.

Two victims, Jorge Chiguil-Toto, 40, and another 40-year-old man, were lying on the ground outside the bar.

"Both had suffered injuries caused by a knife," Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English noted.

Detectives believed that both victims were stabbed following an altercation with a man inside the bar. A 50-year-old man was also struck in the face by the killer, who ran off before the Joliet police cars arrived to the crime.

"During an extensive investigation of this incident, Detectives identified Jose Aguilar-Moreno as the suspect," English announced.

On Tuesday, Aguilar-Moreno was placed into custody after police found him at his residence in the 500 block of Francis Street, which is listed as an apartment unit in the jail logs.

The Will County State's Attorney’s Office has approved one charge of first-degree murder, Joliet police indicated.