Nabil Marhouar, a 29-year-old man, was tragically killed in a shooting on September 21, 2020, in the Dunning neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago. He was parking his vehicle around 1:40 a.m. in the 3200 block of North Nagle Avenue when someone in a white sedan fired multiple shots at him. Marhouar was struck several times and was subsequently taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cook County medical examiner's office identified him as Nabil Marhouar of Dunning.
The investigation into Marhouar's death revealed that it was part of a larger crime spree involving a series of carjackings and murders in Chicago and its suburbs. Federal prosecutors charged Edson Resendez, Maverick Cela, and Prezila Apreza with conspiracy, carjacking, and weapons violations in connection with these crimes. The trio was involved in a string of armed carjackings and shootings between September 11 and September 21, 2020. During this period, they attempted to carjack Marhouar's 2014 Volkswagen CC in the Dunning neighborhood, resulting in his fatal shooting.
Later that same day, the suspects used a stolen vehicle to fatally shoot Eduardo Triano in the North Park neighborhood of Chicago. The carjackings began on September 11, 2020, when Resendez and Cela stole a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic at gunpoint in Morton Grove. They continued their crime spree by carjacking several other vehicles in Skokie and Berwyn, Illinois. The indictment against Resendez, Cela, and Apreza includes charges of conspiracy, carjacking, and firearm offenses. If convicted, they could face the death penalty for the murders of Marhouar and Triano.
The investigation into these crimes involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Chicago Police Department, the Skokie Police Department, the Morton Grove Police Department, and the Berwyn Police Department. The defendants are currently in custody, awaiting arraignment on the superseding charges. The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
