- A judge allowed a 14-year-old boy to go home and come back Monday after he was accused of opening fire at the CTA’s Argyle station in Uptown this week.
“Over our objections, the minor was released to the custody of a parent,” Cook County state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said in an emailed statement.
The boy, who appeared in juvenile court before Judge Linda Pauel on Friday, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a gun.
And it's the police's fault!
- Prosecutors requested that the boy be held in custody, but the judge found that under the law he must be released because he was held in custody for 42 hours by the police and was not brought before a judicial office within 24 hours, Simonton said.
An error? Or an overabundance of caution?
- Chicago police said they were worried for the safety of the boy, especially in light of the fact that his picture, taken by CTA surveillance cameras, has been posted in multiple news reports.
Prosecutors also asked for electronic monitoring, but that was denied as well, Simonton said.
Yummy Sandifer anyone?
Anyone want to place odds on if the shooter makes it through the weekend alive?
More gun laws would have stopped this, right?
Anyone want to place odds on if the shooter makes it through the weekend alive?
More gun laws would have stopped this, right?
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