Former Aramark employee at UI Health at large after shooting 2 people in Chicago home, UIC officials say
A manhunt continued Tuesday night for a foodservice worker at UI Health who is at large after authorities said he threatened someone at the hospital with a gun the day before, got arrested and released, and then allegedly shot two people in a Chicago home.
University of Illinois Chicago police beefed up security and alerted everyone on campus Tuesday out of fears that the former contracted Aramark foodservice employee, Glenn Rhymes, could return. Campus police said they know he brought a weapon to work, and now he is accused of getting more guns and shooting two others at the West Side home of a coworker.
UIC police said Rhymes showed up with a gun in the lobby of the outpatient care center at UI Health. No shots were ever fired in that incident, but campus police said they detained him and recovered the weapon.
UIC police said they then booked Rhymes after he got into a quarrel with someone in the South Tower of the UIC Outpatient Care Center, at 1801 W. Taylor St. This happened just before noon Monday.
UIC police released Rhymes from custody a short time later. They listed the incident in their crime log, noting he was charged with having a firearm in a prohibited location. It’s not clear how or why Rhymes was released.
More than 12 hours after the initial incident, two people were shot while walking outside an apartment building in the first block of North Lavergne Avenue between Washington Boulevard and Madison Street, in the West Side’s South Austin neighborhood.
Chicago police said a preliminary investigation indicated that at 2:33 a.m. Tuesday, the victims were walking outside when a black vehicle went by, and four men inside opened fire from within the vehicle. A 39-year-old man was shot multiple times, while a 35-year-olld woman suffered a graze wound to the head. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in good condition, police said.
Bullets shattered glass doors in the Lavergne Avenue shooting, and police sources said close to 40 shots were fired.
UIC police said they learned Rhymes shot another Aramark employee in that incident, which prompted the hospital to warn everyone on campus of the threat. Chicago police sources said the 39-year-old man shot in the Lavergne Avenue incident was the one who worked for Aramark.
Sources said neither he nor the woman with him who was grazed by a bullet saw who fired at them.
Police source said soon after officers responded to the double shooting on Lavergne Avenue, they discovered Rhymes went live on social media — claiming he shot two people and was mad at law enforcement.
This was another reason UIC police alerted the campus.
Much remained unclear Tuesday night. Besides Rhymes’ whereabouts remaining unknown, police have not connected him to the double shooting in the South Austin neighborhood.
Source said they believe more than one gun was used in that shooting, but the gun found at the hospital was not among them — as UIC police recovered that gun before the shooting.
On Tuesday, UIC public safety officials alerted the campus to police activity at 1801 W. Taylor St. Officials said the activity was precautionary but related to the incident Monday.
UIC students received an all-clear alert late Tuesday afternoon.
CBS News Chicago has reached out to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to see if they approved any charges and learn why the suspect wasn’t required to report to court Tuesday. There had not been an answer as of Tuesday night.
If you see Rhymes or have an information about his whereabouts, UIC officials are asking you contact university police at 312-355-5555 or contact Chicago police by calling 911.
UIC hospital contractor at large after shooting fellow employee, another at home: UI Health
Suspect also charged for brandishing gun at patient Monday; heightened security at hospital Tuesday
ByJohn Garcia and Cate Cauguiran 
Thursday, July 24, 2025
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There was a Chicago shooting. 2 were shot at a University of Illinois Chicago medical center employee’s home by an Aramark contractor, UI Health says.
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A University of Illinois Chicago medical center contractor entered the hospital Monday armed with a gun and later shot two people at another employee’s home, hospital officials say.
There is heightened security Tuesday at UIC medical center.
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On Monday morning, UI Health said an Aramark employee got into an argument with a patient in the lobby of the UIC Outpatient Care Center South Tower.
The employee then allegedly pulled out a gun and made a threatening statement, according to UI Health.
A UIC spokesperson said police confiscated the gun, and the man in his early 30s was taken into custody.
UI Health said Glenn Rhymes was charged with three misdemeanor counts of concealed carry act – entering a prohibited place, disorderly conduct – breach of peace and aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with that incident.
Rhymes’ Firearm Owner’s Identification card was revoked, UI Health said.
Chicago police said they did not respond to UIC Hospital Monday.
After his release pending a scheduled court date, UIC says the suspect broke into the home of another employee and shot two people, including the other employee, Tuesday morning.
The two people shot were taken to another nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The university says Chicago police are handling that investigation.
But CPD say they have no information about it.
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Just before 4:45 p.m., UIC gave an “all clear” at 1801 W. Taylor St., and said all should resume regular activities, but it was not immediately clear what that meant.
Aramark said in a statement: “We are fully cooperating with the authorities on their investigation and the person involved is no longer with our organization.”
“UIC Police have set up an Incident Command at UI Health. We have tightened access to UI Health facilities and additional UIC Police are posted at UI Health,” a spokesperson said.
There appears to be an unusual number of armed officers patrolling the hospital campus, apparently looking for the man.
About 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, CPD responded to a person with a gun call in the 1700-block of West Taylor Street in the Illinois Medical District, but the incident was not bona fide, police said.
Police swarmed the emergency room at UIC medical center early Tuesday afternoon, after reports of an armed man inside.
After less than 30 minutes, they apparently determined he was not there and they left.
It’s unclear if that incident was affiliated with Rhymes.
“UIC is fully cooperating with local law enforcement agencies. The safety and well-being of our hospital community remain our highest priority,” UI Health said in a statement.
UI Health previously said anyone who sees Rhymes should call UIC police at 312-355-5555 or call 911.
Two arrested, one at large in connection with Rockford shooting
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Published: Nov. 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM GMT+7|Updated: Nov. 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM GMT+7
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Two people are in custody and one person is at large in connection with a Rockford shooting that sent a man and a woman to the hospital.
Hector Aguayo, 39, of Rockford, is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, mob action and possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender.
Judy Aguayo, 44, of Rockford, is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, possession of a firearm without a valid FOID and mob action.
Jenali Alvarado, 22, of Rockford, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and mob action.
Around 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, officers were called to the 800 block of Ferguson Street for a shooting. Officers found a 42-year-old woman and 27-year-old man with gun shot wounds. They were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to police.
Investigators say Alvarado was arrested Nov. 12 in Rockford and Judy Aguayo was taken into custody in Chicago. Hector Aguayo is not in custody.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police.
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Feds march into Downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based partly on ‘how they look’
Border Patrol agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests downtown and in River North Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation,” Gov. JB Pritzker said.
Dozens of federal agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol Sunday through Downtown Chicago, and a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
The agents, clad in military-style fatigues, roamed past some of Chicago’s most well-known landmarks on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The highly visible show of force came just three days after Border Patrol boats carrying armed officers appeared on the Chicago River.
Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the border force, contrasted the people being arrested with a white WBEZ reporter, saying agents consider a person’s appearance before taking them into custody.
“You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino said. “It would be agent experience, intelligence that indicates there’s illegal aliens in a particular place or location.
“Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent.
Bovino, who brought his “Operation At Large” deportation campaign from California to Illinois this month, made the comments about three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court said federal agents could continue stopping people based on factors including race and language during the campaign in California. The court’s majority did not explain itself.
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Chicago has been on edge ever since President Donald Trump floated the idea of sending National Guard troops into the city in August. Though he never followed through, Sunday’s immigration patrols may have given him the photo opportunity he’s been looking for.
Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker responded on social media by noting the officers appeared “to be carrying large weapons around Downtown Chicago in camouflage and masks.
“This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses,” Pritzker said.
The Border Patrol agents were first spotted making arrests in Downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood early Sunday. A Sun-Times photographer saw the agents make at least two arrests.
Agents, some masked, walked north on Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park toward the Wrigley Building. They then walked down Wacker Drive near Trump Tower, while some headed to the Riverwalk. They then made their way to River North.
Some passersby shouted at the agents, telling them to go home and “ICE sucks,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, another agency in Trump’s Chicago-area deportation blitz.
At least one person shouted, “Thank you!”
Another said sarcastically: “Real patriotic guys. Real patriotic.”
By the time officers were walking up Clark Street through River North, about two dozen protesters followed them. They chanted, “ICE go home!”
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Around 2 p.m., Bovino yelled “we got a runner” and joined agents in a sprint that ended with the detention of a man on Superior Street between Clark and La Salle Street. The man, surrounded by about two dozen agents, was handcuffed and driven away.
Meanwhile, an observer began recording the interaction. Bovino approached the observer and questioned his citizenship status. They briefly argued over whether he had to reveal that information and the observer eventually moved to film the agents from a different location.
Asked why agents arrested the man they’d run after, Bovino would not specify anything except that the man didn’t resemble the white reporter.
“He exhibited articulable facts that made us take a look, and then we took a look and our suspicions were proven true. It does appear right now he’s an illegal alien,” Bovino said. “That’s still an ongoing federal investigation, so I’ll get back with you on exactly what that is, once we determine all those facts.”
A federal U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent carries a child as agents detain someone near Pioneer Court off the Magnificent Mile on Sunday. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Immigration agents were patrolling several other neighborhoods, Bovino added.
“Chicago’s got a lot of murders,” Bovino said. “We’re going to make the city a safer place.”
The city’s murder numbers have been falling fast in recent years, and studies show the vast majority are committed by U.S. citizens. Violent crime overall is down too.
Bovino said the deportation blitz also extends beyond Chicago’s borders: “It could be Cicero. It could be South Chicago. It could be anywhere in Illinois.”
As the immigration patrol continued through River North, people on a double-decker tour bus craned their necks to get a look at the commotion.
At one point, agents ran after a bicyclist who’d yelled at them. He got away.
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Alexis, 28, encountered the military-clad Border Patrol officers at Clark and Kinzie Street. She works in marketing and lives in the city’s West Loop neighborhood.
“It’s pretty crazy,” she said, declining to give her last name. “It’s scary to see them patrolling through Downtown.”
It seemed the large number of officers were there to “intimidate people,” she added.
Shirley Zuniga, 24, and half a dozen girlfriends dressed up for a fancy brunch in River North to celebrate her birthday.
They finished the meal and hobbled out of the restaurant in their high heels.
“The first thing we saw was a crowd of ICE agents,” Zuniga said.
Zuniga, a hairstylist in the Hermosa neighborhood, said she and her friends set aside an afternoon plan so they could join the protesters who were following the Border Patrol officers.
“I totally forgot about the rest of my birthday because … this is way more important to me than just celebrating myself,” Zuniga said through tears. “This was celebrating my people.”
Zuniga, the daughter of Honduran immigrants, said there were no immigration laws regulating the first Europeans on this continent: “It was not theirs to begin with.
“This country was built off of immigrants,” she added. “We’re what makes America great.”
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But Larry Goone, 59, saw the Border Patrol officers and protesters differently. He was riding an electric fat-tire bike to the lakeshore when he came across them.
“I saw these [officers] being completely heckled on the river and I just yelled out to them, ‘Hey, I appreciate what you’re doing,’ because most of Chicago does want this,” said Goone, a suburbanite who works in casino marketing. “These people just are doing their jobs.”
Goone praised the officers for going after “illegals for coming here illegally.”
What did Goone think of the protesters?
“This here is organized by George Soros and antifa, and I wouldn’t doubt that half are being paid to protest,” Goone speculated without any evidence. “I don’t understand what they’re doing.”
The agents’ presence Downtown is the latest part of a campaign by Trump’s administration against immigration. The administration announced the launch of “Operation Midway Blitz” on Sept. 8, bringing a flood of federal officers to the Chicago area to conduct raids and arrests.
Since then, hundreds of Chicago-area residents have been arrested.
