Garland Benson | Homicide Watch Chicago

No bond for second man charged with fatal shooting of Alvin Randolph over dice game dispute

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:21:23 -0600

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Emmanuel Harvey | Cook County sheriff's office

An Iowa man was ordered held without bond Tuesday for allegedly killing Alvin Randolph, who tried to stop a fight that stemmed from an argument over a dice game on the South Side.

Emmanuel Harvey, who was working at an Oral-B toothbrush factory, was recently arrested in Iowa for the May 14 murder of the 29-year-old Randolph.

Garland Benson, 26, was ordered held without bail in July, also charged in the deadly shooting in the 6400 block of South Damen.

The day before Randolph was killed, Benson accused another person of cheating during a dice game, prompting Harvey to hit the other player with a shovel several times, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Jamie Santini said in court Tuesday.

Garland Benson | Cook County sheriff's office

That person suffered a broken wrist. The dispute ended for the day, but Benson and Harvey weren't done, Santini said.

The pair and several others went to the home of the person Benson accused of cheating the next night, Santini said. Benson and Harvey also had some of their friends following in a van.

Several people were on the porch, including the grandmother and mother of Benson and Harvey's rival, Santini said. The rival was friends with Randolph, who tried to stop the confrontation by approaching the men with a golf club.

That was when Benson and Harvey opened fire, Santini said. Soon, two others who were with Benson and Harvey joined their friends and started shooting toward the group of people at the home.

Randolph was shot twice in the head and once in the leg before the offenders ran from the scene, where police recovered 24 shell casings, Santini said.

Several witnesses identified Benson and Harvey as Randolph's killer, Santini said.

Harvey, 23, is a graduate of City High School in Iowa City and takes classes at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Assistant Pubic Defender Julie Koehler said.

Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. called Harvey, who is listed in court documents as living in Dubuque, "dangerous."

No bond for Garland Benson, charged with the murder of Alvin Vincent Randolph in West Englewood

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 09:26:10 -0500

The man charged with the fatal shooting of Alvin Vincent Randolph in West Englewood in May was ordered held without bond Monday.

Garland Benson | Chicago Police

Garland Benson, 26, is charged with one count of first-degree murder for the fatal May 14 shooting in the 6400 block of South Damen, authorities said.

About 7:25 p.m., the 19-year-old Randolph was involved in a fight with “several” people at the Damen location when someone shot him in the back of the head, police said at the time.

Randolph was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:09 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived on the same block as the shooting.

Benson, of the 6200 block of South Seeley, was ordered held without bond Monday at a hearing before Judge Peggy Chiampas, according to court records. He will next appear in court for a preliminary hearing Aug. 7.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire