Eric Hamilton / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
A south suburban man has been charged with murder for his alleged role in a domestic shooting that killed Guvonni Johnson Monday morning in the Washington Park community.
Authorities said Johnson got into an argument outside his home in the 6100 block of South Wabash Avenue about 11:10 a.m. Monday. The man he was arguing with then pulled out a handgun and shot Johnson in the head and chest, authorities said.
Johnson, 25, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died the next day, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police initially described the shooting as “domestic related” and said detectives have identified a suspect.
Eric Hamilton, 46, of the 800 block of West Westwood Drive in Glenwood, was arrested Wednesday and later charged with first-degree murder, authorities said.
Hamilton was scheduled to appear in court for a Friday bond hearing, but was unable to attend because he was hospitalized with “heart attack symptoms,” a Chicago Police officer said in court. Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesel ordered Hamilton held without bond until he can appear before a judge for a bond hearing, which was rescheduled for Monday.
— Contributing: Sun-Times Media Wire