CHICAGO (WLS) A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of retired Chicago Fire Lt. Dwain Williams outside of a popcorn shop in Morgan Park earlier last month.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown tweeted Friday that an individual was arrested on a separate warrant in Pennsylvania by the FBI and is currently being held on a $2 million murder warrant.
The 4th suspect in the 12/3 murder of the ret. CFD firefighter has been arrested on a separate warrant in PA by @FBI & is currently being held on a $2M murder warrant. We re seeking his immediate extradition back to Chicago. Great work by CPD detectives & federal law enforcement. Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown (@ChiefDavidBrown) January 1, 2021
Carjackings more than double in 2020
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Chicago carjackings since 2011 | David Struett (Sun-Times)
CHICAGO - Carjackings in Chicago skyrocketed to 1,362 this year a 105% increase compared to 2019.
While the
coronavirus pandemic and widespread mask use may have emboldened criminals, police officials said carjackings were rising well before the March stay-at-home order.
Still, the pandemic placed even greater economic pressure on some residents in areas where good jobs are scarce. COVID has made a situation that’s already desperate even more desperate, said David Stovall, professor of African American Studies and criminology at the University of Illinois-Chicago. It’s never excusing the action. It’s about understanding it. It’s an act of desperation.
Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Carjackings in Chicago skyrocketed to 1,362 this year a 105% increase compared to 2019.
While the coronavirus pandemic and widespread mask use may have emboldened criminals, police officials said carjackings were rising well before the March stay-at-home order.
Still, the pandemic placed even greater economic pressure on some residents in areas where good jobs are scarce.
“COVID has made a situation that’s already desperate even more desperate,” said David Stovall, professor of African American Studies and criminology at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
“It’s never excusing the action. It’s about understanding it. It’s an act of desperation.”
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CHICAGO (AP) A third person charged in the death of a retired Chicago Fire Department Lieutenant, killed during an attempt to carjack his SUV, was ordered held without bond Monday. Devin Barron, 20, was arrested Saturday in Lansing, Illinois by the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, according to Chicago police. Barron is charged in the Dec. 3 death of 65-year-old Dwain Williams. Cook County Circuit Judge David Navarro ordered Barron.