In 2002, Edgar Naranjo was a 26-year-old drug addict desperate for money. He hatched a plan to rob a flea market vendor he figured had a large supply of cologne he could unload for cash. His haphazard scheme went badly awry. After Naranjo and a teenage accomplice broke into their target’s Northwest Side home, the vendor’s son, a Chicago police officer, shot and killed the younger intruder and .
In 2002, Edgar Naranjo was a 26-year-old drug addict desperate for money. He hatched a plan to rob a flea market vendor he figured had a large supply of cologne he could unload for cash. His haphazard scheme went badly awry. After Naranjo and a teenage accomplice broke into their target’s Northwest Side home, the vendor’s son, a Chicago police officer, shot and killed the younger intruder and .
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The robberies occurred in the 1700 block of North Sayre Avenue on Jan. 17 and in the 1700 block of North New England Avenue on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, which is offering the reward.