Man charged with triple murder, home invasion in Morgan Park in 2022 – NBC Chicago

A Chicago man has been charged in connection with the killing of a mother and two of her children in a Morgan Park home in April 2022, police said.

Zavier Griffin, 21, faces three counts of first-degree murder and several other charges, including one count of aggravated sexual assault with a weapon and three counts of burglary.

According to police, Griffin was arrested Friday morning in Pinckneyville, Illinois, more than 300 miles southwest of Chicago.

Griffin is accused of entering a home in the 11300 block of South Green Street between April 4 and 5, 2022, where he shot an 81-year-old woman, a 64-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man and then fled the scene.

According to police, the matriarch of the family, Arteria Riley, was found shot to death on the ground floor of the house. Her son and daughter, Ruben and Thomas Riley, were found shot to death in bedrooms on the first floor of the house.

Griffin is scheduled to appear in bail court on Saturday. No further information is available.