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FBI · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

FBI adds a Chicago killing suspect to its most-wanted list

The File desk · Oct. 21, 2026, 6:40 a.m. ET

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Status

Confirmed as the FBI Chicago announcement of Oct. 20, 2026, as read by the crime desk. The charges are allegations. The FBI page returned HTTP 403 on this pass. No photograph is used.
  • Confirmed
    The FBI said it added Joseph Matos to the Ten Most Wanted list and raised the reward to $1 million.
  • Confirmed
    He is wanted on a federal warrant in the 2021 killing of National Guard member Chrys Carvajal in Chicago. The charges are allegations.
The FBI on Tuesday put Joseph Matos, whom it says goes by “Troubles,” on its Ten Most Wanted list in the 2021 killing of National Guard member Chrys Carvajal in Chicago. The reward is $1 million. The charges are allegations, and Matos has not been arrested on them.1
The FBI Chicago announcement, as the crime desk read it, says Carvajal was shot on July 3, 2021, in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, after his graduation from basic training. A federal warrant dated May 14, 2024, in the Northern District of Illinois, charges murder in aid of racketeering and murder through the use of a firearm. The FBI says Matos, 44, should be considered armed and dangerous, and it names him as an alleged member of the Milwaukee Kings. It says an associate, Gary Roberson, was arrested in 2024. Tips go to 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.1
Why it matters (Estimate). Estimate. The Ten Most Wanted list is how the FBI asks the whole country to look for someone, and a $1 million reward is attached to a killing that is now five years old. The warrant is an allegation.1 Matos has not been convicted of this charge.
The field-office page returned HTTP 403 on this pass, so the sentences are the morning read. A wanted poster was not used. The rights to those photographs were not clear.
How we know

Notes

  1. 1.FBI Chicago, “Joseph 'Troubles' Matos, Wanted for Murder, Added to the FBI's List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/chicago/news/joseph-troubles-matos-added-to-fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list This pass received HTTP 403. The crime desk read the page Wednesday morning. Reward $1 million. “Matos is wanted in connection with the shooting death of National Guard member Chrys Carvajal” on July 3, 2021, in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. Federal warrant May 14, 2024, Northern District of Illinois, charging murder in aid of racketeering and murder through the use of a firearm. Age 44. “SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.” Poster: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/joseph-matos Not used. Charges are allegations; defendants are presumed innocent.

What is still unknown or disputed

  • Where Matos is. The announcement seeks the public's help.
  • This pass could not re-open the FBI page.

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    Joseph Matos added to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

    FBI Chicago · October 20, 2026

    Joseph Matos is wanted in connection with the shooting death of National Guard member Chrys Carvajal. The reward is $1 million. The charges are allegations.

    https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/chicago/news/joseph-troubles-matos-added-to-fbi-ten-most-wanted-fugitives-list

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