A suburban man who was charged with murdering his infant daughter in 2018 but ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in that case is now accused of firing a handgun inside the Kluczynski Federal Building parking garage downtown.
Edmund Horvath, 36, of Lynwood, is charged with possessing a firearm after being convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday.
According to a complaint filed by an ATF agent assigned to the agency’s Crime Gun Intelligence Center, security footage captured Horvath riding a bicycle down a ramp into the parking garage of the federal office building at 230 S. Dearborn Street shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday. Horvath had no known affiliation with the building and was alone.
A security officer stationed at the entrance to the secured garage spoke to Horvath through a window in the garage door, telling him the area was restricted, according to the complaint. Moments later, the guard heard gunshots and saw flashes. The gunfire caused damage to the building’s interior and exterior, as well as surrounding infrastructure, the complaint states.
Chicago police officers responding to reports of gunfire allegedly found Horvath alone inside the garage entrance, along with the same bicycle seen on surveillance footage, multiple spent shell casings and a 9mm handgun. The gun was reported stolen from a vehicle in Chicago the previous week, according to the complaint.
After receiving Miranda warnings at the CPD’s Central (1st) District station in the South Loop, Horvath admitted to firing the gun because people were chasing him, according to the filing.
In 2018, Horvath was charged with first-degree murder after bringing his 10-month-old daughter, Akira, to a south suburban hospital with severe scalding injuries that subsequently claimed the girl’s life. Prosecutors initially alleged that the injuries were inconsistent with an accidental scalding in a bath and instead indicated that the child had been doused with boiling water.
Nearly three years later, Horvath pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor reckless conduct causing bodily harm. In exchange, he received 12 months of social service probation and a sentence of 948 days of time served, according to court records.
Original reporting you’ll see nowhere else, paid for by our readers. Click here to support our work.
