Hate crime
Zacharia Doar was leaving a pro-Palestinian protest with friends when Bert James Baker allegedly attacked him, screaming racial slurs.
Suspect Bert James Baker currently faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
One of the suspects posted his alleged victims’ address to Facebook before the burning, writing he was “summoning the devil’s army.”
Prosecutor Kym Worthy said there was no evidence that the murder was a hate crime.
The suspect allegedly struck an elderly man with a belt, bloodying his head.
The former Chicago mayor thanked police for addressing the incident amid a sharp increase in antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba, 71, had become paranoid after listening to radio segments about the Israel-Hamas war.