An alleged Gangster Disciple was ordered held on a $2.5 million bond Thursday after being charged with the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man Sunday on the Near North Side in an incident in which the suspect was also shot.
Kenneth McDonald is charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Donald Lewis at about 4 a.m. on July 21 near the 800 block of North Cambridge, according to Cook County prosecutors. Police initially said the shooting occurred in the 500 block of West Pearson.
McDonald, who is a known Gangster Disciple, according to prosecutors, remains at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
According to prosecutors, McDonald walked up to Lewis and a group of people standing outside, pulled a gun and started shooting. Lewis was shot multiple times, including in the chest. He was dropped off at Northwestern Memorial, where he later died, according to police.
One of the witnesses who was standing with Lewis also pulled a gun and started firing at McDonald, who was hit several times, prosecutors said. McDonald then dropped his gun and collapsed.
Police found the gun, and also six shell casings which matched bullets from McDonald’s gun.
In court Thursday, Judge Donald Panarese set bond at $2.5 million and set a preliminary hearing for Aug. 13 in Br. 66.
— The Sun-Times Media Wire