CHICAGO — Chicago police are preparing to arrest two undocumented migrants to face charges of home invasion and murder in connection with the brutal slaying of a man in his Norwood Park home, an alderman said this afternoon.
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd), chair of the City Council’s Committee on Public Safety, shared the news on Twitter.
“Two in custody for this horrific home invasion and murder,” Hopkins wrote, “both offenders are undocumented migrants, one from Ecuador, one from Venezuela.”
Hopkins subsequently deleted the tweet and told CWBChicago that the arrests were imminent but not yet completed. (Update January 30: Both individuals are now in custody, per a law enforcement source. No charges have been announced.)
George Levin, 63, was found dead in his bedroom in the 7600 block of West Talcott late Sunday night by his sister, who lives elsewhere in the home. Levin was restrained with duct tape and electrical cord, officials said. The medical examiner said he died from multiple injuries suffered in an assault.
A source familiar with the investigation told CWBChiago that they believed Levin met the killers through an app. Police caught a break when they linked a license plate to the slaying and used it to track down the Venezuelan suspect, the source said.
Levin is only the 11th person to be murdered in Norwood Park since 2001. Before his death, the most recent murder was in September 2022.
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