Jury convicts man in 2018 Rogers Park slaying of Northwestern Ph.D. student
Vicente Colores-Chalmers sat on the floor of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse Thursday afternoon and pulled up a September 2018 video of his fiancee, Shane Colombo, on his phone. Colombo had just
Jury convicts man in 2018 slaying of Northwestern Ph.D. student
Nothing’s going to bring him back,” Shane Colombo's father, Ernesto Colombo, said. “(But) we’re at the part where we seek justice.”.
Man convicted of murder of Northwestern doctoral student Shane Colombo in Chicago
At the time, Colombo had been living in Chicago for only six hours after moving from California. Colombo had come to Northwestern with impressive credentials in the study of psych
Chicago man found guilty of murder in fatal shooting of Northwestern University student in 2018
Diante Speed, then 19, fired a volley of gunshots at a man who he claimed had brandished a gun at him as he and two friends were walking in Rogers Park. One of the bullets hit Shane Colombo as the 25-year-old California native was walking home.
Man found guilty of murdering Northwestern doctoral student 6 years ago
A jury Thursday found Dionte Speed, 25, guilty of murder. In September 2018, Speed fired gunshots at someone but, instead, hit Northwestern doctoral student Shane Colombo as he was walking in the 7500 block of North Clark.
Guilty verdict in 2018 murder of Northwestern student
Shane Colombo was shot and killed while waiting for a bus on Clark Street near Howard Street. On Thursday night, Diante Speed was convicted of his murder.
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