Felon Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Chicago Teen
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A purported gang member who allegedly gunned down a 15-year-old boy as he helped his mother unload groceries outside their West Side home last year was ordered held without bond Friday, the Sun-Times is reporting.
At the time of the Sept. 25, 2011, shooting, a police source said authorities did not believe Antonio Johnson and his mother, Annette Johnson, were the intended targets.
But minutes before shots were fired, a passenger in Keith Talbert's light colored Cadillac gestured toward Antonio's older brother as they drove by the residence in the 700 block of North Springfield, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Krystyn Dilillo said.
Talbert drove off, only to return a short time later and shouted in the family's direction before firing his handgun, Dilillo said.
Antonio Johnson, a student at Marshall Metro High School, was shot in the head. Annette Johnson, 37, suffered a gunshot wound to her right arm. Antonio's brother, 22-year-old Anthony Wordlow, was not injured.
Wordlow and Johnson identified Talbert, 26, as the shooter, prosecutors said.
But Talbert, who lives just a few blocks from the family, couldn't be found until this week when he turned up in Wisconsin, Dilillo said.
She didn't know the motive for the shooting or whether Wordlow was in a gang.
Days before Antonio Johnson's death, there was a report of a suspected arson and shots fired at the home, neighbors told the Sun-Times in the fall.
He was "all about business and his academics," his former dean, Derrick Bass said. "He was a very good student who hung out with a good crowd of kids and flew under the radar."
Talbert, who is nicknamed "Ki-Ki," has a 2005 conviction for unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and a 2001 possession of a controlled substance conviction.
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