By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Dequan Hopkins | Chicago Police
Prosecutors claim Jovan Dovantae Hopkins was fatally shot by his brother in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood in July.
Dequan Hopkins, 19, is charged with murder while committing another forcible felony, and aggravated discharge of a firearm for the shooting death of his 22-year-old brother, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office and Chicago Police.
About 8:45 p.m. on July 9, the brothers were walking in the 5200 block of South Emerald when Dequan Hopkins opened fire on a stopped SUV, according to prosecutors and police.
Jovan Hopkins crossed the street while Dequan Hopkins was firing, and was struck in the armpit, prosecutors said. The bullet went through his chest and he fell to the ground, yelled and tried to get back up, but collapsed.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 9:33 p.m., authorities said. He had lived in the 4900 block of Walsh Avenue in East Chicago, Ind.
Dequan Hopkins, of the 5100 block of South Emerald, was ordered held without bond and is due back in court again Monday.