Accused killer of hot dog stand worker felt dissed and returned witta gun, prosecutors say

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Accused killer of hot dog stand worker felt disrespected and returned with gun, prosecutors say​


Joseph Freeman booking photo

Joseph Freeman Photo credit Chicago Police

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A customer at a West Side hotdog stand claimed he was disrespected by an employee before returning with a gun and killing the worker, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday.
Joseph Freeman got into an argument with the worker, Jose Adalid Celis Gonzalez, at the Original Maxwell Street restaurant last Friday and said he’d come back with a gun and “shoot up the place,” prosecutors said.
After Freeman made a “gun gesture” with his hand, an off-duty cop in line at the restaurant calmed Freeman down, prosecutors said. The officer’s friend walked Freeman back to his car, and he left.
But Freeman returned 20 minutes later with a gun, prosecutors said. High-definition surveillance video at the restaurant shows him returning in the same car, wearing the same clothing and lifting his T-shirt to partially cover his face, prosecutors said.
Freeman went up to the service window, reached inside with a handgun and fired three times, striking Gonzalez, prosecutors said.
Authorities responded to the restaurant in the 3800 block of West Harrison Street around 3:30 a.m. and took Gonzalez, 30, to Mount Sinai Hospital where he died
 
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