Expelled student, 16, denied bail after gunning down students at Benito Juarez
A young woman places flowers at a memorial at Benito Juarez Community Academy high school in Chicago on Dec. 19, 2022, days after teens were shot there, two of them fatally.
Acevedo, a former Benito Juarez student who had been expelled from the school the year before for behavior, academic, and attendance issues, was captured on video and seen by witnesses on the grounds of the school, 2150 S. Laflin St., minutes before the attack, including talking to people on the soccer field, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Thomas Darman.
The witness returned to the victims and warned them about Acevedo being there to “cause trouble” and suggested they leave the area, but that’s when Acevedo confronted them and asked Perez, “if he was a Raza,” Darman said.