CHICAGO — A father and son were shot and killed Saturday after chasing an armed robber from their Little Village jewelry store, police said. Faustino Alamo Dominguez, 63, and Luis Angel Alamo, 25, died after pursuing a suspect who had stolen jewelry from Joyeria Angelo’s on West 26th Street. The shooting occurred around 5:49 PM.
Faustino Alamo Dominguez (63) and Luis Angel Alamo (25) were killed in a jewelry store robbery on Saturday.
Chicago police said the gunman parked across the street around 5:49 PM Saturday, walked into the jewelry store, grabbed some jewelry and fled. The father and son chased him outside.
During an altercation in the street, the suspect opened fire, striking both men multiple times. Faustino Alamo fired off one or two shots with his own weapon, according to Chicago Sun-Times. Surveillance video captured the deadly confrontation.
Both men were pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.
“They were hardworking people,” Jeronimo Alamo, a relative who works at another jewelry store nearby, told the Chicago Sun-Times. “They are a very close family.”
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Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council, described the father and son to ABC 7 Chicago as “People that came from Mexico, started a business here in Little Village, and all they wanted was to reach that American dream.”
Flowers and candles now adorn the doorstep of the closed jewelry store.
The suspect, described as wearing a Blackhawks hoodie and mask, fled in a white Maserati SUV, police said.
No arrests have been made as Chicago police continue to investigate. The Jewelers’ Security Alliance and Cook County Crime Stoppers are each offering $10,000 rewards for information leading to an arrest. The Little Village Community Council’s Enriquez is offering an additional $20,000, according to ABC 7 Chicago.
