Chicago man charged in woman's fatal Stone Park nightclub shooting
A Chicago man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a woman inside a nightclub in west suburban Stone Park this month, police said.
Kevin Henley Jr., 35, was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Stone Park police said.
Henley is accused of shooting and killing Zulma Calderon-Pacheco, 21, inside Mansion Nightclub on March 8, police said. Her death was ruled a homicide by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Calderon-Pacheco's family and boyfriend of five years filed a wrongful-death suit against Mansion Live on Monday, claiming Henley — who isn't directly named in the suit — was acting as a security guard at the time of the shooting and fired a gun after a fight broke out on the dance floor about 1:40 a.m. Calderon-Pacheco was shot in the face, court documents say.
The suit went on to allege several fights had broken out at the club previously and that it had a "history of violence."
“Security guards are supposed to protect innocent patrons like Zulma Daniela Calderon-Pacheco from danger, not fatally shoot them," the family's attorney, Timothy J. Cavanagh, said in a statement. "Firing a gun into a crowded dance floor is reckless and negligent conduct by any measure. Zulma’s family and her boyfriend are heartbroken and traumatized and want answers about how this could have happened. ... Their negligence cost Zulma her life.”
Mansion Live didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Henley is expected in court Tuesday in Maywood.