A 16-year-old boy on probation for a gun case, with two more firearm arrests in his background, chased down and killed a Brighton Park man on a neighborhood street last autumn, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Ayden Reynolds is charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the October 6, 2025, killing of 33-year-old Alan Maldonado. Judge James Costello ordered him detained.
Prosecutors said Reynolds was part of a group that had been riding around in a Chevy Tahoe on the night of October 5. At about 9:42 p.m., surveillance video from the BP station at 3935 South Archer Avenue showed Reynolds sitting in the front passenger seat before entering the store to buy gas. He was wearing a black face mask that left part of his face visible, along with a gray Nike Tech hoodie, gray sweatpants, and white shoes, said Assistant State’s Attorney Clara Malkin…