Overview
- Cook County prosecutors approved first-degree murder charges on Wednesday against Alaa Edeen M. Qouqazeh in the death of his father, Mohammad Qouqazeh.
- Police said the 27-year-old was taken into custody shortly after the incident early Monday.
- Officers responded around 4:30 a.m. to a residence on the 10500 block of South Austin Avenue, where the 59-year-old victim was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
- The medical examiner determined the death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head, neck and chest and ruled it a homicide.
- Chicago Ridge police describe the case as an isolated domestic incident with no threat to the public, and the investigation remains active.