A 25-year-old man is facing a first-degree murder charge after authorities said he fatally stabbed a 71-year-old man outside an Englewood gas station in what appeared to be a dispute between two panhandlers.
According to a detention proffer filed by Assistant State’s Attorney Michael Rusch, surveillance footage shows Darius Barney approaching the older man outside the BP gas station at 63rd and Wentworth just after midnight on July 27. Rusch said Barney and the victim, who has not been publicly identified, did not appear to know each other before the murder.
Both men were reportedly panhandling on opposite sides of the store’s entrance. Barney, wearing a black jacket with pink stripes and a pink purse, was seen rummaging through his bag before approaching the victim and engaging him in what appeared to be a one-sided, animated conversation…