Jury Convicts Glendale Heights Man Of Murder In Hanover Park Shooting

GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL — A Glendale Heights man was found guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in connection with the fatal shooting of Marek Krywko in Hanover Park in 2021.

Richard Goodwin, 59, was convicted by a jury following a four-day trial and 16 hours of deliberation. Goodwin was arrested in August 2021 on murder charges related to the Aug. 2 shooting.

Police had been called to a home on Pebblebeach Drive in Hanover Park around 7:47 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2021, for a report of a gunshot victim. When they got to the scene, officers found a woman outside with a gunshot wound on her left thigh. Police went inside the home and found Krywko with a gunshot wound that had hit his femoral artery, a news release said.

Krywko was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

According to police, Goodwin came to the home with two women to buy marijuana from Krywko. When another woman at the scene offered Goodwin a bottle of water, he shot her, according to the news release.

He then shot Krywko and fled, police say.

“This afternoon, after being presented with all the evidence, a jury found Richard Goodwin guilty of the senseless murder of Marek Krywko,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a news release.

Berlin added, “I thank the jury for their service and for seeing through Mr. Goodwin’s claim of innocence. I also thank Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh for ensuring a fair trial for both sides. While a guilty verdict cannot bring Marek back to those who loved him, perhaps Marek’s surviving friends and relatives may find some measure of justice knowing that the man responsible for his murder will be held accountable."