By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Michael Dukes | Chicago Police
Bond was set at $2.5 million Friday for a man charged with shooting Rashawn Gooden Jr. to death in February outside a convenience store in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
Michael Dukes, 21, is charged with one count of first-degree murder for shooting the 22-year-old on the morning of Feb. 16, authorities said.
He was in a convenience store in the 4900 block of West Division about 9 a.m. that day when Gooden walked in and bought a drink, according to Cook County prosecutors. As Gooden was leaving the store, he said something to Dukes.
Dukes followed Gooden out and fired at him about six times while standing in the store’s doorway, prosecutors said. He then ran westbound on Division.
Rashawn Gooden Jr.
Gooden, who lived in the 4800 block of West Augusta, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 a.m., Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Investigators found six spent .45-caliber shell casings at the scene of the shooting, according to court documents.
The next day, a witness overheard Dukes admit he shot Gooden while talking on his cellphone. After the phone conversation, he tried to sell or trade a .45-caliber handgun to a witness.
Dukes, who lives in the 5000 block of West Crystal, is also charged with a misdemeanor count of marijuana possession between 2.5 and 10 grams.
Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered him held on a $2.5 million bond Friday.