Cops: Tips led to Halloween killer - Chicago Sun-Times(Halloween News)
Select a STNG publication or site Chicago Sun-Times The Beacon News The Courier News The SouthtownStar The Herald News Lake County News-Sun The Naperville Sun Post-Tribune YourSeason. But police really needed to get deep inside the neighborhood and push through cultural and language barriers in the Back of the Yards. So around Christmas, South Side commanders sent two detectives and a tactical officer — two spoke Spanish, and the other had a special knack at getting people to talk — to work the neighborhood. Police said Avila, a member of the Latin Saints street gang, was firing at a rival from the 2-6 gang in the neighborhood, when an errant bullet struck Barrera. Barrera, who was four months pregnant, had just made it home and was trying to open the wrought-iron gate in her front yard in the 4800 block of South Seeley when shots rang out. More Halloween News