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Federal authorities say a man accused of fatally shooting 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams outside a Chicago McDonald’s on April 18 fled Illinois to avoid prosecution, newly unsealed court documents show.
A criminal complaint filed on April 29 that was unsealed on Wednesday revealed that authorities are searching for 21-year-old Devontay Anderson in connection with the shooting of Adams and her father. An arrest warrant was issued for Anderson on April 26 after he was charged with first-degree murder, though authorities have not been able to locate and arrest him.
The complaint also says that beginning on April 26, police received a GPS notification from a Facebook account associated with Anderson, placing his potential location in Miami, Florida.
Markers identify bullet casings as police investigate a crime scene where Jontae Adams, 28, and his daughter, Jaslyn, 7, were shot at a McDonald’s drive-thru at the corner of Roosevelt Road and Kedzie Avenue in Lawndale, Sunday, April 18, 2021.
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Federal authorities say a Chicago man fled Illinois to avoid being prosecuted for last month’s fatal shooting of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a West Side McDonald’s.
A criminal complaint filed April 29 in U.S. District Court says an arrest warrant was issued April 26 for Devontay Anderson, 21, after he was charged with first-degree murder in Cook County Circuit Court. However, it says attempts to find him have been unsuccessful.
Feds: Suspect in fatal shooting of 7-year-old girl fled Illinois
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CHICAGO - Federal court documents unsealed Wednesday reveal a man allegedly involved in the fatal shooting last month of a 7-year-old Chicago girl is believed to have fled Illinois.
A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court accuses 21-year-old Devontay Anderson, 21, with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Anderson has been charged in Cook County Circuit Court with first-degree murder in the death of Jaslyn Adams.
Jaslyn and her father, Jontae Adams, 29, were in a McDonald’s drive-thru when men pulled up in a silver Audi, according to Cook County prosecutors. They say surveillance video shows two men got out of the car, fire weapons at the victims’ car and get back into the Audi. When the victims’ car started to move forward, the two men got out of the Audi again and fired more shots into the vehicle before speeding away.
Feds: Suspect in fatal shooting of girl, 7, fled Illinois
May 13, 2021 GMT
CHICAGO (AP) Federal court documents unsealed Wednesday reveal a man allegedly involved in the fatal shooting last month of a 7-year-old Chicago girl is believed to have fled Illinois.
A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court accuses 21-year-old Devontay Anderson, 21, with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Anderson has been charged in Cook County Circuit Court with first-degree murder in the death of Jaslyn Adams.
Jaslyn and her father, Jontae Adams, 29, were in a McDonald’s drive-thru when men pulled up in a silver Audi, according to Cook County prosecutors. They say surveillance video shows two men got out of the car, fire weapons at the victims’ car and get back into the Audi. When the victims’ car started to move forward, the two men got out of the Audi again and fired more shots into the vehicle before speeding away.
UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 11:11 pm CT
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A federal warrant has been issued for the arrest of Devontay Anderson, 21, who is a suspect in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)
CHICAGO A federal warrant has been issued for a man suspected in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, the girl fatally shot in a McDonald s drive-thru on the city s West Side. Devontay Anderson, 21, one of the men accused of opening fire on the car, is believed to have fled the state.
Jaslyn , who lived in Oak Park with her mother, and her 29-year-old father, Jontae Adams were waiting in the drive-thru lane of McDonalds, 3200 W. Roosevelt Road, on April 18. Surveillance video showed a 2017 Audi 88 pull up behind Adams 2003 Infiniti. Two men got out of the Audi and began firing dozens of rounds into Adams car, according to the newly unsealed federal charges.