Alfredo Ramos | Chicago Police
A man has been ordered held without after being charged with the April 24 murder of Justin T. Bowman in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Bond was denied Friday for 24-year-old Alfredo Ramos, charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of the 25-year-old Bowman, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County sheriff’s office.
Bowman was walking with a group about 6:15 p.m. when Ramos got out of a car and opened fire, hitting Bowman in the chest, authorities allege.
Justin Bowman | Facebook
Bowman was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died at 7:07 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The attack happened a half-mile from his home in the 3900 block of West Diversey.
Ramos is being held in the Cook County Jail. and his next court appearance is Dec. 28, according to the sheriff’s office.
Bowman, a graduate of Schurz High School, had been attending Lake Land College in downstate Mattoon.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire