A U.S. Marshals task force has arrested a 35-year-old West Side man in St. Louis in connection with the fatal shooting of a father and son at their family-owned jewelry store in Little Village last autumn, Chicago police said.
Muhammad Thomas is scheduled to appear for a detention hearing on Friday at 26th and California. Prosecutors are expected to go into detail about the allegations then.
In addition to killing 63-year-old Fino Alamo Dominguez and his 25-year-old son, Luis Alamo, during a November 8 burglary at their store in the 3800 block of West 26th Street, Thomas is charged with shooting a 26-year-old man in the 1700 block of West Maypole Avenue in July 2023 and robbing another victim in the 2300 block of West Cermak Road in July 2024, CPD said.
Jewelry store slayings
Officers were called to the family’s jewelry store around 5:49 p.m. on November 8 after multiple 911 callers reported men shooting at each other and two people lying on the ground. Responding officers found Dominguez and his son critically wounded along 26th Street. Both were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were pronounced dead…