Charles Labon / Photo from Facebook
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Andre Miller was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors claim he fatally shot Charles Labon during a drug deal last month in the North Lawndale community.
Labon was part of a group standing on a corner in the 4100 block of West 16th Street when Miller approached to buy cannabis from a member of the group about 1:45 p.m. Sept. 14, said Assistant State’s Attorney Alexandra Molesky.
The drug dealer turned around to get the cannabis from his car and Miller, 17, pulled his hands out of his pockets and fired several shots at Labon, Molesky said.
Miller then called Labon a derogatory name and ran away, but a witness chased Miller and saw him run into his home in the 1500 block of South Kolin Avenue, Molesky said.
Labon, 28, of the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue, was shot in the chest and died later that day at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Witnesses told detectives they saw Miller walking in an alley then loading a gun before approaching the group, Molesky said. Miller was taken into custody on Tuesday and witnesses positively identified him in photo arrays and physical lineups.
On Thursday, Judge James Brown ordered Miller held without bond.
— Contributing: Rummana Hussain