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Man Charged With Fatal Stabbing Inside Humboldt Park Restaurant

(STMW) -- A West Side man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a restaurant owner inside his Humboldt Park neighborhood establishment early Saturday.

Anastacio Gonzales, 51, faces counts of first-degree murder and armed robbery for the attack that happened about 1 a.m. at El Taco Naco, 2640 W. Chicago Ave., police said.

Gonzales got into an argument with 50-year-old Hermenegildo Vilchis and stabbed him in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

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Anastacio Gonzales | Chicago Police

Vilchis, of the 3800 block of West Diversey, was taken to Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m., authorities said.

Public records show Vilchis owned El Taco Naco.

Police did not release details on the armed robbery charge against Gonzales, who lives in the 2600 block of West Rice. He is scheduled to appear in bond court on Sunday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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