http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/dejon-curtis/Latest news about Dejon Curtisen-usSat, 29 Aug 2015 21:28:10 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/08/29/man-charged-with-fatal-shooting-of-eric-washington-in-university-village/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/996.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>A 20-year-old man has been charged with the fatal shooting of <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/eric-washington/">Eric Washington </a>earlier this year in University Village on the Near West Side.<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/08/dejon082915.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/08/dejon082915-240x300.jpg" alt="Dejon Curtis | Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-13092" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dejon Curtis | Chicago Police</p><br /> <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/dejon-curtis/">Dejon Curtis</a> faces two counts of murder in addition to charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated battery on an occupied vehicle for the April 29 attack in the 1200 block of West Washburne, according to Chicago Police.</p> <p>Shortly after noon, the 25-year-old Washington was standing in a parking lot near his home on the block when he was shot in the back and abdomen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Washington was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m., authorities said. </p> <p>Curtis, of the 8600 block of South Marshfield, appeared in court Saturday, and was ordered held without bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office.</p> <p>He is due back in court Monday.</p> <p><em>—Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesSat, 29 Aug 2015 21:28:10 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/08/29/man-charged-with-fatal-shooting-of-eric-washington-in-university-village/Eric WashingtonDejon Curtis