In a chaotic incident, a Chicago, Illinois man appears to have accidentally shot his girlfriend, the mother of his two children, while futilely trying to defend himself after a minor traffic accident.  The accident occurred during Chicago’s Puerto Rico day parade on June 19, but the circumstance are just being reported today. 

The man, Gyovanni Arzuaga, 24, was being pulled from his car by a swarm of people when his gun apparently went off and struck and killed his girlfriend, Yasmin Perez, age 25.  Arzuaga was then shot and killed, “execution style” by another man who fled the scene. That man, Anthony Lorenzi, was later arrested in San Diego.

 Arzuaga and Perez posted a photo of themselves with guns before the parade.  They leave two young children behind.  “It may look hard for a lot of people, but Yasmin was such a great mom,” her friend told a reporter. “She loved her kids so much. You could tell they were so loved, and they were so happy.”

A police spokesman concluded that Lorenzi is responsible for both deaths, even though Arzuaga accidentally shot Perez in the confusion.  A reminder that tragic things happen once the guns come out.

Source:

Mitchell Armentrout, “Man Charged with Fatal Shooting During Puerto Rican Day Parade, but Police say Victim ‘More than Likely’ Shot his Girlfriend Accidentally,”    Chicago Sun Times (July 10, 2021).