Marine veteran murder: Gang member convicted of slaying

Marine veteran murder: Gang member convicted of slaying
Case of mistaken identity cost Marine veteran his life
By Matthew Walberg Tribune reporter
May 1, 2009
A reputed gang member was convicted Thursday of the 2006 murder of a Marine veteran of the Iraq War over a case of mistaken identity.

Steven Bryant, 23, of the 2800 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, faces life imprisonment for the fatal shooting of Ricardo "Ricky" Martinez Jr. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month by Cook County Circuit Judge Bertina Lampkin.

Martinez, 23, was killed in April 2006 while he and his friends were on their way home from a Cubs game. When a quarrel broke out among his friends over a missing cell phone, Martinez stopped his car near Cicero Avenue and Addison Street and waited while his companions scuffled on the sidewalk.

At the same time, Bryant, a reputed member of the Insane Deuces street gang, was riding in a car with a fellow gang member who saw the group of men and mistook one of them for a member of a rival gang.
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Marine veteran murder: Gang member convicted of slaying