CHICAGO — Police have charged a man in connection to the robbery and shooting of a 71-year-old who was watering his lawn in Marquette Park earlier this month.
Federico Laguardia was watering his front lawn at 12:10 p.m. on Sept. 6 in the 7000 block of South California Avenue when two men on bikes pointed guns at him and demanded his wallet, police said. He refused, and one of the robbers shot him in his abdomen before fleeing.
Antoine J. Davis, 30, of the 6800 block of South Washtenaw Avenue, was arrested and has been charged with one felony count each of robbery and aggravated battery.
Davis was charged after being identified as the armed suspect who approached Laguardia, robbed him of his wallet and shot the 71-year-old, according to a Chicago Police news release.
Activists and neighbors were offering $10,000 for information regarding the incident that sent Laguardia to the hospital, and left the "once open-hearted father" to be "suspicious of every person that passes by," said Frederick Laguardia, a son of the victim.
Davis was arrested Sept. 16 outside his home, police said. He is due in bond court Saturday.
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