A Minneapolis man is facing murder charges nearly 19 months after police say he walked up to a car parked in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and opened fire, killing an Evanston man inside. Alec Tibbetts, 29, was arrested in Minnesota on Thursday and extradited to Chicago to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of 42-year-old Kevin Daniels.
Police said the shooting happened around 11 a.m. on March 24, 2025, in the 6600 block of South Sangamon Avenue, according to FOX 32 Chicago. Tibbetts approached Daniels while Daniels was sitting inside a car and shot him multiple times, authorities said. As FOX9 reported, citing police, the attack left Daniels with gunshot wounds that proved fatal.
Daniels was rushed to the University of Chicago Hospital after the shooting, where he later died. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as a resident of Evanston. The station’s report notes that Tibbetts now faces charges of first-degree murder and first-degree murder proximate cause.
Arrest Came More Than a Year Later
Tibbetts, who is from Minneapolis, remained free for roughly a year and a half after the Englewood shooting before his arrest on Thursday in Minnesota. He was then extradited back to Chicago to face the charges. Per the same account, a detention hearing for Tibbetts was scheduled for Friday…