CHICAGO — Murder charges have been filed in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on a Lincoln Park sidewalk last week. John Conway, 35, will appear for a detention hearing later today at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California.
Alexander Nesteruk, 34, of Wheaton, was shot in the chest around 3:58 p.m. last Wednesday, November 27, in the 2400 block of North Clark, officials said. He died on Monday afternoon, becoming the first person murdered in Lincoln Park since October 2022.
About a quarter-mile from the shooting scene, in the 2600 block of North Lakeview, Chicago police investigators executed a search warrant at Conway’s high-rise residence shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday.
Investigators released surveillance images of a suspect on Tuesday evening and asked the public for help identifying him. By Wednesday night, Conway was in custody.
A CWBChicago reader who saw the suspect photos recognized the man as someone who works out at his gym near Lincoln and Fullerton.
“The dude is a weird one,” the reader said. “Always keeps to himself. All black clothing all the time. Brings his gym bag on the floor with him.”
More details about exactly what police and prosecutors believe happened on Clark Street last week will be revealed during Conway’s court appearance.
The local alderman said last week that Nesteruk had been “exhibiting erratic and dangerous behavior at the time of the shooting and engaged with the offender aggressively before the incident.” Witnesses told police Nesteruk was getting in people’s faces.
