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July 9, 2010
Oak Park Renter with a long Police Record Kills two Innocent People and looses his life in the Process.
report by Ed Vincent
An apparent good Samaritan was driving his black chevy van east bound into Chicago last night, when he happened upon a black Honda up on a curb with a person slouched over the driving wheel of the car. The car had hit a street sign on Chicago Avenue and then come to a stop on the curb.
The good Samaritan, an eighteen year old man from Maywood, called 911 on his cell phone and spoke to the dispatcher about what he had found on the street. The driver was not conscious in the beginning, but came to shortly after the van driver approached. While on the phone with the dispatcher, the 21 year old Christopher McConnell, (of the 900 South Austin block in Oak Park ) started his black Honda and began to drive off. In a moment McConnell turned his Honda around and began to drive at the man in his van. The driver of the van exclaimed that the man was after him.
The high speed chase began, reaching speeds of up to 80 miles per hour, over 3 times the posted speed limit. The pursuit of the man from Maywood headed west bound. The speeds indicated the fear on the part of the man in the van, and the insanity of the Honda driver. Both men were playing Russian roulette with their lives and the lives of others.
The black chevy van crossed the intersection at First Avenue and Chicago Avenue safely, but that was more luck than planning. The car driven by Christopher McConnell, did not make it through the traffic. McConnell killed two people in their white Mercedes SUV. The collision was at a high rate of speed, with no warning given to the innocent drivers of the Mercedes.
McConnell died by his own actions, but also took the lives of two people from Chicago who had borrowed a relatives car in River Forest for the evening.
The victims were identified as Nanci Tucki, 57, of the 3400 block of North Ozark and Nicholas Randazzo, 36, of the 1600 block of North New England, both in Chicago.
Nanci Tucki asked an officer to tell her parents something from her and then died at the scene. She appeared fine from the crash and the first responders assured her that she would be okay, but her injuries were fatal and all internal.
Christopher McConnell, had been arrested some 34 times before the age of 21 and had been convicted in nearly a half dozen of those charges. His arrests were for drugs, robbery, and a host of violent behaviors. It is not known yet what could have started such a violent event that night. Could it have been gang rivals? Chicago and Maywood each have very violent gangs, but no affilitations have yet been found.
Oak Park Renter with a long Police Record Kills two Innocent People and looses his life in the Process.
report by Ed Vincent
An apparent good Samaritan was driving his black chevy van east bound into Chicago last night, when he happened upon a black Honda up on a curb with a person slouched over the driving wheel of the car. The car had hit a street sign on Chicago Avenue and then come to a stop on the curb.
The good Samaritan, an eighteen year old man from Maywood, called 911 on his cell phone and spoke to the dispatcher about what he had found on the street. The driver was not conscious in the beginning, but came to shortly after the van driver approached. While on the phone with the dispatcher, the 21 year old Christopher McConnell, (of the 900 South Austin block in Oak Park ) started his black Honda and began to drive off. In a moment McConnell turned his Honda around and began to drive at the man in his van. The driver of the van exclaimed that the man was after him.
The high speed chase began, reaching speeds of up to 80 miles per hour, over 3 times the posted speed limit. The pursuit of the man from Maywood headed west bound. The speeds indicated the fear on the part of the man in the van, and the insanity of the Honda driver. Both men were playing Russian roulette with their lives and the lives of others.
The black chevy van crossed the intersection at First Avenue and Chicago Avenue safely, but that was more luck than planning. The car driven by Christopher McConnell, did not make it through the traffic. McConnell killed two people in their white Mercedes SUV. The collision was at a high rate of speed, with no warning given to the innocent drivers of the Mercedes.
McConnell died by his own actions, but also took the lives of two people from Chicago who had borrowed a relatives car in River Forest for the evening.
The victims were identified as Nanci Tucki, 57, of the 3400 block of North Ozark and Nicholas Randazzo, 36, of the 1600 block of North New England, both in Chicago.
Nanci Tucki asked an officer to tell her parents something from her and then died at the scene. She appeared fine from the crash and the first responders assured her that she would be okay, but her injuries were fatal and all internal.
Christopher McConnell, had been arrested some 34 times before the age of 21 and had been convicted in nearly a half dozen of those charges. His arrests were for drugs, robbery, and a host of violent behaviors. It is not known yet what could have started such a violent event that night. Could it have been gang rivals? Chicago and Maywood each have very violent gangs, but no affilitations have yet been found.
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