Crime
Pueblo Police Arrest 20-Year-Old Alehandro Chacon in Shooting Death of Andrea Martinez
PUEBLO, Colo. — The Pueblo Police Department, working in collaboration with the U.S. Marshals Service’s Colorado Violent Offender Task Force, has announced the arrest of 20-year-old Alehandro Chacon in connection with the fatal shooting of 47-year-old Andrea Martinez on August 14, 2025.
Authorities confirmed that Martinez’s death marked Pueblo’s ninth homicide of 2025, compared to 15 homicides recorded by the same time in 2024.
Following a detailed investigation, Pueblo Police detectives developed sufficient evidence to secure an arrest warrant for Chacon.
On Wednesday, September 3, at approximately 5:30 p.m., U.S. Marshals located Chacon and safely took him into custody.
Chacon was subsequently booked into the Pueblo County Jail on the charge of First-Degree Murder After Deliberation. He is being held on a $1,000,000 cash-only bond.
The Pueblo Police Department stated that the case remains under active investigation.
Authorities have identified the man shot and killed Friday afternoon in a parking lot outside a Little Caesars restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.
The victim has been named as Stevens Jeffrey, 29, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The shooting occurred in the 2600 block of West Cermak Road near Rockwell Street at approximately 1:10 p.m., according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD).
Preliminary reports indicate that Jeffrey was sitting in his vehicle when he was approached by an unknown vehicle.
An armed individual exited that vehicle and opened fire, striking Jeffrey multiple times in the face and body.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene, where Jeffrey was pronounced dead. He was discovered inside his vehicle with his two young children, ages 4 and 6, who were unharmed.
Both children were transported to Stroger Hospital for precautionary evaluation.
The shooting took place in the parking lot of a Little Caesars restaurant, where investigators recovered multiple shell casings and placed numerous evidence markers on the ground.
As of Friday evening, no suspects are in custody, and detectives from the CPD Area Four Homicide Unit are leading the investigation. Police have not released information on a possible motive.
Authorities are urging anyone with information about this homicide to contact Chicago Police or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTip.com.