Anthony Nunnally is now accused in three killings spanning about 13 months on Chicago’s Far South Side.
CHICAGO — A new murder charge against 21-year-old Anthony Nunnally has widened a series of homicide cases that prosecutors say began in September 2024 and continued through October 2025, leaving three young people dead in separate shootings on Chicago’s Far South Side.
Nunnally is now accused in the deaths of Sierra Evans, 19; Travon Freeman, 17; and Gabriella Marie Arellano, 17. The latest charge involves Freeman, who authorities say was shot Sept. 29, 2025, near Russell Square Park while riding a new bicycle to school. Nunnally was already jailed and facing charges in the other two deaths when the Freeman case was added.
The earliest case dates to Sept. 28, 2024. Police identified Nunnally as the alleged gunman in Evans’ killing after her body was found the following day in the 9500 block of South Avenue N. Prosecutors said Nunnally and Evans had been dating for about a month and were with two other people before a dispute broke out.
During an August court hearing, prosecutors alleged that Nunnally became angry after accusing someone of taking his marijuana and assaulted Evans when she did not defend him. He left after being told to go home but later contacted someone at the residence and said he was returning, prosecutors said. Witnesses later reported hearing gunfire, according to the prosecution’s account. The allegations have not been proven at trial.
Almost exactly one year after Evans was killed, Freeman was fatally shot near Russell Square Park. Authorities say the 17-year-old was on his way to school on Sept. 29, 2025. The public account of the Freeman investigation remains limited, and officials have not disclosed a motive or provided a detailed explanation of the evidence they say links Nunnally to the killing.
Less than a month later, Arellano was killed Oct. 26, 2025, in the East Side neighborhood. Prosecutors said Nunnally had been dating her for a short time. According to the state’s earlier court presentation, surveillance video showed Nunnally, Arellano and another person at a restaurant before the killing. Prosecutors said a nearby doorbell camera later captured the sound of a gunshot and people running from a vacant lot where Arellano was found dead.
Nunnally was arrested days later in connection with an unrelated armed carjacking that authorities said happened before Arellano’s death. He was being held in the Cook County Jail on the carjacking and armed robbery case when prosecutors charged him in the deaths of Evans and Arellano.
Prosecutors also said during the August hearing that another jail detainee, who was cooperating with investigators and wearing a recording device, captured Nunnally discussing the earlier homicides. Prosecutors characterized those statements as admissions. Nunnally has not been convicted of those killings, and the claims described in court remain allegations that prosecutors would have to prove.
The addition of Freeman’s case changes the scope of the prosecution against Nunnally from two homicide allegations involving women prosecutors said he had dated to three separate murder cases involving victims ages 17 to 19. The alleged killings occurred over a period of about 13 months, but authorities have not publicly said the three deaths were part of one plan or established a common motive linking all of them.
Nunnally remains in custody as the cases move through Cook County’s court system. Authorities have not publicly released detailed evidence in the Freeman case comparable to the allegations outlined earlier in the Evans and Arellano prosecutions, leaving key questions about the latest charge unresolved.
Author note: Last updated October 5, 2026.