Chicago — Prosecutors say a 19-year-old North Side man stabbed an acquaintance 30 times for no apparent reason while awaiting trial for multiple counts of robbery and possessing a stolen motor vehicle in juvenile court.
In addition to those pending matters, Avondre Carroll has been arrested by Chicago police eleven times since he turned 18 last year, and he is awaiting trial in adult court for aggravated assault of a school employee, officials said.
Carroll is the 49th person accused of killing or shooting—or attempting to kill or shoot—someone in Chicago while awaiting trial for a felony this year. The alleged crimes involved at least 87 victims, 22 of whom died.
Avondre Carroll | CPD
On October 30, Carroll and an 18-year-old man who lives in the same facility crossed paths in the 6400 block of North Hamilton. The men, who had known each other for about two months, started walking toward their mutual home when Carroll asked the other man how he would go about stabbing someone, prosecutor Rhianna Biernat said.
The 18-year-old, who carried a knife for protection, took his weapon out and showed Carroll how he would do it, Biernat said during a bail hearing Friday afternoon. A nearby surveillance camera captured that part of the event.
After the men walked away from the camera, Carroll stabbed the other man 30 times in the head, face, neck, shoulders, arms, and hands, according to Biernat. He then ran down the alley again, passing the surveillance camera as he fled.
The victim, clinically dead for a period of time, spent two weeks in the hospital and five of those days on a ventilator. Biernat said he identified Carroll in a photo line-up.
About two weeks before the attack, Carroll was charged with two counts of misdemeanor aggravated assault of a school employee. He was released from the police station on his own recognizance.
In juvenile court, he has a pending charge for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and another case involving two counts of robbery, battery, and possessing a controlled substance, Biernat said.
The robbery victim told police that Carroll and two other men approached him at a bus stop, asked where he was from, and then surrounded him. Carroll punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, and then took a book bag from his back, Biernat said.
Carroll’s defense attorney said he is currently a high school senior.
Judge Charles Beach held Carroll without bail at the state’s request.
The “not horrible” series
This report continues our coverage of individuals accused of killing, shooting, or trying to kill or shoot others while on bond for a pending felony case. CWBChicago began our series of reports in November 2019 after Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans publicly stated, “we haven’t had any horrible incidents occur” under the court’s bond reform initiative.
The actual number of murders and shootings committed by people on felony bail is undoubtedly much higher than the numbers seen here. Since 2017, CPD has brought charges in less than 5% of non-fatal shootings and 33% of murders, according to the city’s data.
