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Teen wanted in Belvidere homicide surrenders, task force investigates officer-involved shooting
Anthony Perez
By Jim Hagerty
Staff Writer
A suspect wanted in connection with an early morning homicide in Belvidere Saturday, Nov. 30, has turned himself in to police.
Anthony Perez, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder and is lodged in the Boone County Jail on $10 million bond in the shooting death of 18-year-old Giovanni Galicia.
Galicia was shot several times while he sat in a car in the 2100 block of Lake Shore Drive just after midnight.
Police said Perez, a known gang member, was in a vehicle that led Boone County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase into Rockford after the shooting.
Ricardo Figueroa, 22, and 22-year-old Cheyanne Patton, were arrested after the chase.
Perez fled the vehicle and escaped. He turned himself in to Belvidere Police at 6:30 p.m., Saturday.
Another suspect was chased in the area of Spring Creek and Perryville roads, where he was shot in the leg by a deputy. The suspect was transported to a Rockford hospital and is expected to survive. His name has not been released.
Figueroa has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a street gang member. He is lodged in the Boone County Jail on a $200,000 bond.
Patton was arrested on unrelated warrants out of Kane and DeKalb counties and is awaiting extradition.
Because the incident spanned two counties and a suspect was shot by an officer, the case is being investigated by the Winnebago-Boone Integrity Task Force.
First-degree murder is punishable by 20 years to life in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Unlawful use of a weapon by a street gang member is a Class 3 felony, punishable by three to seven years in prison.
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