Chicago, IL: Recently Paroled Felon Kills Three Outside Bar

KC · #1 ● 12-13-2022, 09:53 PM

A recently paroled felon was charged Tuesday with killing three people and critically wounding another outside a Portage Park bar, where the city’s top cop said he carried out the attack after being asked to leave a party for the owner’s niece.

Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, faces felony counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting about 2:30 a.m. Sunday near the Vera Lounge in the 5500 block of West School Street, Supt. David Brown said at a news conference at police headquarters.

After a “disturbance” at the party, Parsons-Salas was asked to leave, Brown said. He was then caught on surveillance video getting a gun from a vehicle and opening fire during a subsequent confrontation.

Graphic video of the shooting shows a crowd gathering in the street before a gunman begins picking people off, apparently targeting some victims twice and at point-blank range. The video appears to show the shooter get into the passenger side of a dark SUV that drives away.

Mariah Vera, the bar owner’s niece who was hosting the party, had rushed to her father’s side, weeping over him and trying to tend to his wounds when the shooter walked up and shot her in the head, a law enforcement source said.

Vera, 25, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. Brown said she was “fighting for her life.” Her father, R.V., 50, was pronounced dead at the scene outside his brother’s bar.

Two of Mariah Vera’s friends were also killed: M.I., a 24-year-old mother of a young boy and infant twins; and M.P., 26, a “beloved son, brother, nephew [and] cousin,” according to a GoFundMe page launched to cover his funeral costs.

“I want to extend my deepest condolences to the families of these victims,” Brown said. “We hope that these charges … bring some small sense of justice to these families.”

Parsons-Salas was arrested Monday after trying to run from SWAT officers, according to Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan. He also faces a felony kidnapping charge for taking a woman against her will after the shooting and holding her until his arrest.

DiabloLucky13 · #2 ● 12-13-2022, 09:58 PM

Wow, guy got in his face to start shit not realizing the guy was packing and gave zero shits. His girl knew he didn't care either. Clearly not the first time he's offed someone.