Jermin Beganovic, a 29-year-old male, was fatally shot on December 17, 2017, in Chicago. The incident occurred at his apartment on the Northwest Side, where he was killed by a fellow member of the Insane Dragons street gang. The suspect, Jesus Hernandez, 20, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
The events leading up to Beganovic’s death stemmed from an internal gang dispute.
Hernandez had been punished by his gang for selling another member’s gun without permission. As part of his punishment, he was subjected to a two-minute beating, which was recorded and shared among gang members. Feeling humiliated and insulted by the video, Hernandez later expressed his frustration to Beganovic at his apartment. In the early hours of December 17, Hernandez took a loaded gun with an extended magazine that Beganovic kept in his apartment and shot him once in the head. The bullet exited through his jaw and lodged in his arm.
Following the shooting, Hernandez took Beganovic’s car, drove it a block away from his home in the Englewood neighborhood, and set it on fire. Beganovic’s mother, the registered owner of the vehicle, was notified and attempted to contact her son multiple times. She later discovered his body at his apartment. Surveillance footage captured Hernandez entering and exiting Beganovic’s apartment on the night of the murder, and a speed camera recorded his movements near the location where the vehicle was found burning.
Hernandez was denied bail, with the judge citing his lack of respect for others, including his own mother, whom he had allegedly assaulted earlier that month. He was scheduled to appear in court again on February 7, 2018.
