No bond for man charged with fatal shooting of Larry Lawrence on busy Gold Coast street last month

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:43:24 -0500

By SAM CHARLES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Charles Ternior | Chicago Police

An Englewood man charged with the fatal shooting of Larry Lawrence last month in the Gold Coast neighborhood was ordered held without bond Monday.

Charles Ternior, 22, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one misdemeanor count of obstructing identification in connection with the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old Lawrence on June 29 in the 1100 block of North Clark, according to Chicago Police. Ternior, of the 5600 block of South Green, was ordered held without bond Monday.

Lawrence, of the 6500 block of South King Drive, was shot several times and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. that evening, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Larry Lawrence | Facebook

Witnesses said Lawrence was part of a group on one side of Clark that was arguing with a group on the other side.

Despite traffic, the groups converged in the middle of the street, at which point someone shot Lawrence twice, according to Dennis Trelinski, who saw the shooting from his eighth-floor balcony half a block south of the crime scene.

Even with two gunshot wounds, the victim continued to yell at the shooter from the asphalt, Trelinski said. The shooter, who had walked away, then walked back into the street and shot him several more times.

The shooter then got into a vehicle and drove away in an unknown direction, police said at the time.

Chicago Police later released two surveillance photos from the scene, one showing the suspected shooter and the other showing the getaway car.

Lawrence was the father of two and was known to family and friends as "Rico."

Charles Ternior | Homicide Watch Chicago

No bond for man charged with fatal shooting of Larry Lawrence on busy Gold Coast street last month