Bond denied for man charged with 2016 murder of Jeremy Ray following argument over dice game

Jeff Mayes — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:01:29 -0500

By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Shaqir Mustapha | Chicago Police

Bond was denied for a man charged with shooting Jeremy H. Ray to death more than a year ago, several hours after they fought over a dice game in the South Chicago neighborhood.

Shaqir Mustapha, 20, has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old Ray about 9:30 p.m. on June 10, 2016, according to Cook County court records and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

While the medical examiner’s office identified the victim as “Jeremy H. Ray,” prosecutors referred to him as “Jeremy Rey” in court documents.

Ray, Mustapha and several other people were shooting dice about 5 p.m. that day on the sidewalk outside the Germano Millgate public housing complex in the 8900 block of South Brandon, court records state. Ray and Mustapha got into an argument during the dice game and Ray pulled out a gun and pistol-whipped Mustapha.

Jeremy H. Ray | Facebook

Other people broke up the fight and Mustapha left the area, prosecutors said. He returned to the 8900 block of South Brandon several hours later to find Ray standing in the grass just north of the housing complex parking lot.

Witnesses told investigators Mustapha approached Ray and asked him if he had change for a $10 bill, according to court records. When Ray reached into his pocket and pulled out his money, Mustapha pulled out a gun and shot him repeatedly at close range, striking him four times in the chest, four times in the abdomen and five times in his extremities.

Ray, who lived in the Far South Side Mount Greenwood neighborhood, was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said at the time.

Multiple witnesses identified Mustapha as the shooter and a warrant for his arrest was issued on July 1, 2016, prosecutors said.

Investigators determined that he had left Illinois, and he was arrested Aug. 1 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, by the FBI and the Minneapolis Violent Crimes Task Force, according to the FBI. He was extradited to Chicago on Thursday.

Judge James Brown ordered Mustapha held without bond during a hearing Friday.

Suspect wanted for fatal 2016 shooting of Jeremy Ray in South Chicago arrested a year later by FBI agents in Minnesota

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:28:35 -0500

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Shaqir Mustapha | FBI

A man wanted for the fatal shooting of Jeremy H. Ray more than a year ago in the South Chicago neighborhood has been captured in Minnesota.

Shaqir Mustapha, 20, was arrested Aug. 1 in the 5800 block of 73rd Avenue North in Brooklyn Park by the FBI Minneapolis Violent Crimes Task Force, according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon.

A first-degree murder warrant was issued July 1, 2016, by Judge Robert Johnson, charging Mustapha with the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old Ray, according to Cook County court records.

Jeremy H. Ray | Facebook

At 9:35 p.m. June 10, 2016, Ray was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire, striking him repeatedly, authorities said at the time. The shooters got back in the car and drove off.

Ray, who lived in the Far South Side Mount Greenwood neighborhood, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., authorities said.

The Chicago Police Department asked the FBI to locate and arrest Mustapha, who was identified by witnesses as the shooter.

He is being held at the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Croon said.

Shaqir Mustapha | Homicide Watch Chicago

Bond denied for man charged with 2016 murder of Jeremy Ray following argument over dice game

Suspect wanted for fatal 2016 shooting of Jeremy Ray in South Chicago arrested a year later by FBI agents in Minnesota