Chicago man accused of crashing stolen vehicle into another car, killing Cook County woman

Gabriel Ruiz

A Chicago man is accused of crashing a stolen vehicle into another vehicle in Maywood in 2019, resulting in the death of a woman.

Gabriel Ruiz, 21, was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony reckless homicide.

On June 16, 2019, Ruth Johnson was the passenger of a vehicle that was struck by a stolen vehicle allegedly driven by Ruiz at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Randolph Street.

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Ruiz fled the scene from responding officers, police said. 

He is scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday afternoon.

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