CHICAGO — An 18-year-old man with no criminal background murdered his on-and-off girlfriend, then called 911 to turn himself in to Chicago police, prosecutors said. Officials offered no motive for the murder.
Belinda Fuentes Herrera, 19, called Trevon Smith and invited him to hang out last Thursday, January 16, according to a written proffer prepared by Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Pekara. The two had been seeing each other from time to time since 2022, Pekara said.
Fuentes picked Smith up, and they headed toward her mother’s house, but Smith told her to stop in an alley in the 2000 block of West 47th Street because he wanted to get out. As Smith exited her car, he took out a gun and began shooting, striking her several times, Pekara alleged. Her vehicle continued to roll down the alley for about 50 feet and then crashed…