19-year-old man becomes third person held without bail in fatal South Shore shooting
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Kesean Reese | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A 19-year-old man has become the third person ordered to be held without bail for his alleged role in a July shooting that left one person dead and another injured in the
Kesean Reese was charged with first-degree murder for his role in the July 6 killing of 38-year-old Willie Goins in the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Reese was ordered held after a court hearing Thursday. Dionte Sims, 27, and Lorenzo Burns, 33, already had been ordered held without bail on the same charges earlier this fall.
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A 19-year-old man has become the third person ordered held without bail for his alleged role in a July shooting that left one person dead and another injured in the South Shore neighborhood.
Kesean Reese was charged with first-degree murder for his role in the July 6 killing of 38-year-old Willie Goins in the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Reese was ordered held after a court hearing Thursday. Dionte Sims, 27, and Lorenzo Burns, 33, already had been ordered held without bail on the same charges earlier this fall.
Prosecutors said Reese fetched, then hid at least one of the guns that Burns and Sims used to shoot Goins and his friend. Goins’ friend was dating Sims’ ex-girlfriend, who also had a child with Sims.
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Charges have been filed in a July shooting in the South Shore neighborhood that left a 38-year-old man dead and another wounded.
Kesean Reese, 19, faces a count each of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in the July 6 shooting in the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue, according to Chicago police.
The victims were in a Chevy Malibu about 6:45 p.m. when another vehicle drove up and someone inside opened fire, police said then.
Willie Goins, 38, of Englewood, suffered a gunshot wound to the body and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.