Aurora man sentenced to 75 years in fatal shooting of 'beloved husband and father'
Daniel Aguirre | Kane County State's Attorney
AURORA, Ill. - An Aurora man was sentenced to 75 years in prison after being found guilty of fatally shooting a man in a residence's backyard in 2021.
Last April, a jury found 25-year-old Daniel Aguirre guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Fernando Carapia.
Shortly before 5 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2021, a vehicle driven by co-defendant Ivan Valles stopped in the 300 block of South Himan Street in Aurora.
Aguirre then exited the front passenger door, ran through a yard to the back of a residence in the 300 block of South Spencer Street and fired multiple shots at Carapia, who was in the backyard.
Carapia was struck multiple times and died at the scene.
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Authorities believe the murder was gang-motivated and that Carapia was not the intended target and was not a gang member.
"Daniel Aguirre decided to murder a rival gang member and instead killed Fernando Carapia," Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Lori Anderson said in a statement. "Fernando had nothing to do with street gangs. I hope the words spoken by Fernando’s wife and brother-in-law during the sentencing hearing as they described the pain and anguish they feel from his absence made an impact on him. Fernando was a beloved husband and father, needlessly murdered before he was able to meet his second son."
The sentence was 50 years for the murder with an additional 25-year enhancement because Aguirre fired the gun that killed Carapia.