Family demands justice for nurse killed in Little Village drive-by after suspect acquitted of previous weapons charge

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The family of a nurse killed in a Little Village drive-by shooting is demanding justice following a new development in the case.

Frank Aguilar was shot and killed last November in the West Side neighborhood.

Armando Lopez, 19, is facing a murder charge in the shooting. Prosecutors allege Lopez was driving the night of the fatal drive-by shooting that authorities believe mistakenly targeted Aguilar as a rival.

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A 19-year-old man is charged with the murder of a nurse killed in a drive-by-shooting in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood in November.

He was arrested four days after the shooting following a police chase and crash.

At the time, Lopez was out on bond for another weapons charge, but community activist Raul Montes Jr. said a judge just acquitted him of that charge.

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The decision is raising alarms for Aguilar's family, who gathered at the place where he died on Sunday.

Aguilar, a nurse at Misericordia, was carrying in laundry to his sister's Little Village home when he was shot and killed on November 12, 2019.