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A Minnesota man has been extradited to Chicago and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal March 2025 shooting of 42-year-old Kevin Daniels in the Englewood neighborhood, police announced Friday.
Alec Tibbetts, 29, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was arrested Thursday by members of the Chicago Police Department’s Homicide Investigation Support Team in the 10000 block of West Balmoral Avenue.
Extradition Follows Fatal March 2025 Shooting
Police identified Tibbetts as the suspect who fatally shot 42-year-old Kevin Daniels of Evanston on March 24, 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the 6600 block of South Sangamon Street.
At the time of the incident, Daniels was sitting inside a vehicle on South Sangamon Street when an armed individual approached and opened fire into the vehicle.
Daniels suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:36 a.m., according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Formal Felony Charges Filed
Following an investigation by CPD homicide detectives, Tibbetts was located in Minnesota, taken into custody on the issuance of a warrant, and extradited back to Cook County to face formal prosecution.
Tibbetts has been charged with:
One (1) felony count of Murder – First Degree
One (1) felony count of Murder – First Degree (Proximate Cause)
The offender is scheduled for a detention hearing on October 30, 2026, at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse located at 2600 South California Avenue.
No additional information is available at this time.
