By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Darrick Wells | Chicago Police
A man arrested last week in Iowa for the fatal shooting of Claudia Mister in Morgan Park has been extradited to Chicago and is scheduled to appear in bond court Wednesday, according to Chicago Police.
Darrick Wells, 36, was identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of the 28-year-old Mister outside a nightclub in the 1600 block of West 115th Place about 2:45 a.m. Sept. 3, according to police and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Authorities said Mister was standing outside with friends when the suspect walked up and fired a handgun several times.
Claudia Mister
Mister, of the 10600 block of South Church, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 5:35 a.m., authorities said.
The day after the shooting, Chicago Police released a community alert with surveillance photos of the suspect.
The alert prompted “several key leads from people who called detectives with information about the shooting,” police said. Using that information, Area South detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Wells.
The U. S. Marshals Service Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force coordinated with the Great Lakes Regional Task Force, Cedar Rapids police and Chicago Police to apprehend Wells, according to the statement. After hours of surveillance, he was identified and taken into custody in the 1800 block of 5th Avenue in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sept. 15 without incident.
Chicago Police took Wells into custody Tuesday and he was charged with first-degree murder, police said.
Wells, who lives in Cedar Rapids, is scheduled to appear in bond court Wednesday.