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Devin Barron, 20 (Chicago Police Department)
CHICAGO A third person has been charged in the attempted carjacking that left a retired Chicago firefighter dead. Devin Barron, 20, of Lynwood, has been charged with felony first degree murder and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Barron is also facing a misdemeanor count for possession of cannabis. Chicago police said Barron was also a fugitive from justice who was wanted on an out-of-state warrant.
On Dec. 3, retired CFD Lt. Dwain Williams was leaving a popcorn store in Morgan Park when police said he was approached by four men driving a stolen Ford Fusion. The men were believed to be after Williams Jeep Grand Cherokee. There was an exchange of gunfire between Williams, who held a conceal-carry license, and the four men, police said. Williams suffered a fatal gunshot wound.
Third person charged in murder of retired Chicago firefighter
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Chicago police release video of retired firefighter’s shooting death
Dwain Williams, 65, was shot dead in a confrontation with carjackers on Thursday as he left a popcorn shop in Morgan Park.
CHICAGO - An alleged gunman accused of shooting retired Chicago Fire Department Lt. Dwain Williams
Morgan Park was ordered held without bail Monday.
Two teenagers are already facing murder charges in connection to the deadly Dec. 3rd shooting, but Devin Barron is believed to be one of two people who pulled the trigger outside the Let’s Get Poppin’ popcorn store, at 11758 S. Western Ave., Cook County prosecutors said.
4 arrested after South Loop carjacking
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Officers were called for a BMW driver carjacked by four males with guns about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of South Indiana Avenue, near the museum campus, Chicago police said.
The suspects allegedly hit the 60-year-old male victim in the nose with the butt of a gun, police said.
Police later located the car about 2:30 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Augusta Boulevard in
Four males ran from the BMW but were arrested a short time later, police said. Three weapons were found in the vehicle.
Two of the four males were taken to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park for what appeared to be shortness of breath, police said.
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A 33-year-old man fatally shot Monday evening in the Bridgeport neighborhood was possibly being carjacked, police said.
Shuai Guan was shot in his chest about 6 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene in the 3000 block of South Union Avenue, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Police were unable to speak with the victim, but surveillance video from the area appears to show he was shot after refusing to give his car keys to robbers who confronted him, a police spokeswoman said.
The victim was exiting his car when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside appeared to ask for his keys, police said. The man refused, called 911 and reported that he was being robbed by someone in a white Jeep.