Martin V. Chavez, a 54-year-old Hispanic man, was shot to death on November 11, 2019, in a mobile home at the Town and Country mobile home park, 815 E. Oakton Street, Des Plaines, Illinois. Police were called at 8:38 a.m. and found Chavez on the bedroom floor with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors say the shooting grew out of a longstanding family dispute. Martin’s 22-year-old son, identified as Martin Chavez-Lomeli Jr., allegedly armed himself, confronted his father, took his cellphone, pushed him into the bedroom, locked the door and shot him several times. After hearing his father crying, prosecutors say Chavez-Lomeli Jr. fired additional shots through the door until the crying stopped. The son was arrested a short time later a few blocks away while driving his mother’s car; a handgun was recovered in the vehicle. He was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail.

Anyone with information about Martin V. Chavez, his family, or the events at the Town and Country mobile home park is asked to come forward.