May 23, 2022 CWBChicago
18-year-old killed a man because he thought the victim’s van was too noisy, prosecutors say
An 18-year-old Irving Park man opened fire from his apartment window and killed a passing motorist because he thought the victim’s van was too noisy, prosecutors said Monday.
“This shit is funny as hell,” Gaven Leon allegedly said in a video he recorded at the murder scene as police investigated the killing. “This is legendary footage … who would do such a thing?”
It happened around 11:30 p.m. on February 3 at the intersection of Pulaski and Irving Park roads.
Ryan Balbag, 30, and two of his passengers were stopped for a red light not far from Leon’s third-floor apartment on the 3900 block of West Irving Park. Leon, allegedly annoyed by noise from Balbag’s vehicle, fired a round toward the van using a rifle with a green laser sight attachment, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.
Leon unjammed the gun, reloaded, and fired a second round as a witness watched from his couch, according to Murphy. One of the bullets flew through the back of Balbag’s head. He died at the hospital two days later.
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