By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A man has been charged with killing Michael Wright just over a year ago in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side.
Kinton Jones | Chicago Police
Kinton Jones, 22, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting on Sept. 10, 2014, according to Chicago Police.
Jones was driving in the 9300 block of South Greenwood about 10:35 a.m. and pulled alongside the 21-year-old Wright’s car, according to prosecutors.
Jones confronted Wright about telling people what kind of car he drove, prosecutors said. Wright denied knowing anything about it, and Jones pulled a gun from the center console of his car and fired at Wright.
Wright was struck multiple times in the chest, tried to drive away, but crashed about a block away, prosecutors said.
He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Jones was identified as the shooter after his car was caught on a speed camera in the area of the murder before the shooting, and cellphone towers showed his phone was in the area.
Jones is also facing an unrelated charge of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon for an incident on Sept. 13, 2014, three days after the murder. He has previously been charged with residential burglary, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of a stolen vehicle.
Judge Donald Panarese ordered Jones held on a $1.5 million bond Wednesday.