New charges in Carpentersville teen's shooting death

Murder charges are pending against an 18-year-old Algonquin man in connection with the Aug. 2, 2007, shooting of a Carpentersville teen.

Aaron J. Razo, 17, was killed in the area of Wakefield Drive and Bristol Lane in a shooting police have described as gang-related.

On Friday, authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Anthony M. Domino, of the 2400 block of Dawson Lane, Algonquin, on two murder charges stemming from the attack, court records show.

Carpentersville police would not comment Monday on the development. Village President Bill Sarto confirmed the warrant is related to the fatal shooting but referred further comment to Police Chief David Neumann, whose office said details wouldn't be released until Tuesday at the earliest.

Razo, the youngest of 11 children, was shot in the back with a semi-automatic gun at the Golfview School playground on the village's east side. Witnesses told police a purple sport utility vehicle pulled up around 7 p.m. and one of its four passengers got out and opened fire, striking Razo once.

The attack was the result of an argument between two rival gangs earlier in the day, police have said.

Within an hour after the shooting, police arrested Henry L. Black, 17, of the 0-100 block of Birch Street, Carpentersville, who has pleaded not guilty in Kane County Circuit Court to two counts of first-degree murder.

Razo's mother, Patricia, could not be reached for comment Monday. In 2007, she told the Daily Herald her family moved from Chicago and Glen Ellyn to Carpentersville to escape gangs and urged the community to "get together and clean up" violence.

The shooting took place within feet of the Paul Knox Teen Center, a youth hangout operated by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dundee Township through the Dundee Township Park District.

Tom Mammoser, the park district's executive director, said Monday that while tragic, the shooting hasn't affected membership at the club, which was closed at the time of the shooting but had children milling about outside.

"We were doing well when that event happened, and we're still doing well," Mammoser said.

The Kane County State's Attorney's office was closed for President's Day on Monday, and a prosecutor with knowledge of the case could not immediately be reached.