A Chicago man posed for photos and flashed gang signs after allegedly opening fire on a carload of people, fatally shooting his own 17-year-old girlfriend on the West Side earlier this year, prosecutors said.
Christopher Vazquez, now 19, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Melissa Castrejon and attempted murder of four other people who were in the car with her.
The January 18 shooting allegedly grew out of an argument between Vazquez’s friend, David Morocho, 18, and Morocho’s girlfriend because Morocho believed the girl was talking with other men on social media. Morocho’s girlfriend eventually drove to his home in the 5200 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue to confront him and brought along four other people in her SUV, including Castrejon. Prosecutors said all five were between 16 and 19 years old, and most were classmates at Rauner College Prep High School…