Portage Park mass shooting suspect held without bail
Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was charged with the murder of three people, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
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Samuel Parsons-Salas, 32, was charged with the murder of three people, and the attempted murder of a fourth.
Samuel Parsons-Salas is being held without bond in a shooting that killed three people and critically wounded a fourth in Portage Park. Parsons-Salas was also involved in a home invasion that left two people dead in 2009, and the mother of one of the victims says the latest shooting could have been prevented. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
A judge ruled that the man charged with murdering three people and critically wounding another in the mass shooting outside of a party in Portage Park over the weekend would be held without bail.
A judge ruled that the man charged with murdering three people and critically wounding another in the mass shooting outside of a party in Portage Park over the weekend would be held without bail.
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