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In Chicago, a man is accused of shooting his former partner’s boyfriend to death on the city’s Northwest Side in late January, according to prosecutors.
On Sunday afternoon, the family of 30-year-old Andrew Garay expressed relief outside the courtroom, thankful that someone is now facing charges for his murder.
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“Our biggest fear was that no one would be held responsible for this crime. We are relieved that justice is being pursued,” stated Karjan Dambaugh, Garay’s cousin.
The accused individual is 35-year-old Jonathan Roldan, who was apprehended by police late last week regarding the January 23 shooting incident.
Garay, a veteran of the U.S. Army, had been in a relationship with Roldan’s ex-girlfriend for several years. Prior to this, she and Roldan were together for 17 years and share two children.
Prosecutors said witnesses identified Roldan as a suspect early in their investigation. They say a surveillance camera also captured him at the scene on the night of the murder.
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Garay had just dropped his girlfriend off at her home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and was waiting for her to go inside, prosecutors said. Roldan allegedly walked up from the gangway and fired one shot through the driver’s side window, hitting Garay in the forehead and killing him.
“He was assassinated. This wasn’t spur-of-the-moment. This was planned. It was clear from the beginning,” Dambaugh said.
Garay had a 7-year-old daughter. His family says his loss has been very difficult to deal with.
“I still struggled Daly with believing he’s gone. There are times I grabbed my phone with the instinct of calling him or sending him a quick text, and then, it hits us all over again,” Dambaugh said.
Roldan is charged with first-degree murder. The judge ordered him held in jail pending trial. His next court appearance is scheduled for next week.
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