ICE Arrests 32-Year-Old Visa Overstay Linked to 3-Death Chicago Shooting

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 22

Giovanna Mercedes Moreno Occhipinti, 32, was taken into ICE custody on May 13 after DHS said she overstayed a visa waiver entry from October 2021 and was tied to a December 2024 Chicago house-party shooting.
DHS said Occhipinti drove the two alleged gunmen to the scene, where three people were killed and five wounded, and helped them evade police afterward; agents also found multiple weapons in her vehicle.
Chicago police had arrested her on Dec. 5, 2024 on weapons charges, but DHS said she was released without ICE notification under the city's sanctuary policies and was not prosecuted by the Cook County State's Attorney's office.
The two alleged shooters, Ricardo Granadillo Padilla and Edward Martinez Cermeno, were later deported, while Occhipinti is now being held at the Grayson County Detention Center in Kentucky.