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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

Parolee charged in ‘heartless’ mass shooting outside Portage Park bar, top cop announces

Mercedes Imari, 24, Mario Pozuelos, 26, and Ricky Vera, 50, were killed in a shooting Sunday outside Vera Lounge in Portage Park. (Facebook)

A recently-paroled felon was charged Tuesday with killing three people and critically wounding another outside a Portage Park bar, where the city’s top cop said he carried out the “heartless” attack after being asked to leave a party for the owner’s niece.

Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, faces felony counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting about 2:30 a.m. Sunday near the Vera Lounge in the 5500 block of West School Street, Supt. David Brown said at a news conference at police headquarters. 

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