Michael Dukes | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/michael-dukes/Latest news about Michael Dukesen-usFri, 13 May 2016 15:24:59 -0500$2.5 million bond for man charged with shooting Rashawn Gooden Jr. outside Austin convenience storehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/05/13/2-5-million-bond-for-man-charged-with-shooting-rashawn-gooden-jr-outside-austin-convenience-store/<p>By LUKE WILUSZ<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/05/dukes-240x300.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/05/dukes-240x300-240x300.jpg" alt="Michael Dukes | Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-17711" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Michael Dukes | Chicago Police</p><br /> Bond was set at $2.5 million Friday for a man charged with shooting <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rashawn-gooden-jr/">Rashawn Gooden Jr</a>. to death in February outside a convenience store in the West Side Austin neighborhood.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/michael-dukes/">Michael Dukes</a>, 21, is charged with one count of first-degree murder for shooting the 22-year-old on the morning of Feb. 16, authorities said.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/05/5f7f1f2f7ba2c98b9b1a686b94d6ff4d.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/05/5f7f1f2f7ba2c98b9b1a686b94d6ff4d-225x300.jpg" alt="Rashawn Gooden Jr." width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-17712" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rashawn Gooden Jr.</p><br /> 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.</p> <p>Investigators found six spent .45-caliber shell casings at the scene of the shooting, according to court documents. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Cook County Circuit Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered him held on a $2.5 million bond Friday.</p> Jeff MayesFri, 13 May 2016 15:24:59 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/05/13/2-5-million-bond-for-man-charged-with-shooting-rashawn-gooden-jr-outside-austin-convenience-store/Rashawn Gooden Jr.Michael Dukes