Tow Truck Crime

Now THIS is the type of behavior we expect from tow truck operators:

• A suburban tow truck operator is charged with shooting the occupant of a rival company’s tow truck on the Kennedy Expressway. The shooting occurred in October 2022, but Miguel Gonzalez is being charged now after a lengthy investigation by the Illinois State Police.

  The female victim was sitting in the back seat of a tow truck occupied by four other people as they traveled on the outbound Kennedy near Fullerton around 4:30 a.m. on October 22, 2022.

  Prosecutors say Gonzalez, 47, pulled his tow truck alongside the rival company’s vehicle and fired 13 shots into its rear window and driver-side doors. The driver of the targeted truck exited at Belmont and drove to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center so the woman could be treated for a gunshot wound to her knee.

  Documents reviewed by CWBChicago say the driver of the rival tow truck recognized the shooter as Gonzalez, adding that the shots came from a tow truck marked with the name of Gonzalez’s company: Serious Business Towing.

  Gonzalez, who goes by the nicknames “KB” and “Killa Boy,” called the rival tow company to admit to the shooting and threatened to kill everyone at the company, according to the documents.

We dealt with more felons in the towing business than we did anywhere except the dope trade. We even met a few Outfit connected persons who swore they were trying to go legit, and maybe they were. We even had a few sergeants who memorized the entire ILCS regarding towing operations and wouldn't hesitate to lock up drivers who didn't have a broom, a bucket of sand and proper towing light attachments. Fun investigations back in the day.