Gang initiation.
Police said this afternoon that anelderly man was beaten to death as part of a game involving”unprovoked attacks on innocent bystanders.”Elex Levell Murphy, 18, of the 5400 block of Geraldine Avenue,was charged today with one count each of first-degree murder andfirst-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action,according to court records. A judge has ordered him held withoutbail.
According to court records, Murphy and three other peopleaproached Hoang D. Nguyen, 72, and his wife, Yen, in an alley atthe 3800 block of Spring Avenue at 10:45 a.m. Saturday as theyheaded home from a nearby Vietnamese market on the city’s southside.
The couple used the alley as a shortcut to their apartment, atSpring and Chippewa Street.