Preston Steven Tullos | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/preston-steven-tullos/Latest news about Preston Steven Tullosen-usFri, 23 Jun 2017 11:40:58 -0500Man charged with murder of paraplegic veteran Preston Tullos, who died after fire in his South Shore apartmenthttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/06/23/man-charged-with-murder-of-paraplegic-veteran-preston-tullos-who-died-after-fire-in-south-shore-apartment/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/2457.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>By ANDY GRIMM<br /> Chicago Sun-Times<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2017/06/freddie-polk-35-e1498167453493-300x292.jpg" alt="Freddie Polk | Chicago Police" width="300" height="292" class="size-medium wp-image-26744" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2017/06/freddie-polk-35-e1498167453493-300x292.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2017/06/freddie-polk-35-e1498167453493.jpg 460w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Freddie Polk | Chicago Police</p><br /> A man was ordered held without bond Thursday in connection with a fire at a South Shore apartment in January that left paraplegic veteran <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/preston-steven-tullos/">Preston Steven Tullos</a> dead.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/freddie-polk/">Freddie Polk</a> set the fire around 7 p.m. Jan. 16 inside his wheelchair-bound friend’s apartment in a 10-story building in the 7100 block of South Shore Drive, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Joseph Carlson said at bond hearing.</p> <p>After several hours of drinking, the two men argued and the fight turned physical, with Polk knocking the 39-year-old Tullos out of his wheelchair, Carlson said.</p> <p>Surveillance video showed Polk leaving the apartment about 10 minutes before neighbors reported smoke coming from Tullos’ apartment, Carlson said.</p> <p>Firefighters found Tullos, badly burned, next to a small fire in the middle of the living room. Two-thirds of his body was covered in burns, including his head, neck, chest, abdomen and back. Tullos died the following day at Stroger Hospital.<br /> <span id="more-26740"></span><br /> <fb:post href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154950603406764&#038;set=a.487459196763.274005.585136763&#038;type=3&#038;theater"></fb:post></p> <p>Tullos, a U.S. Navy veteran, was a graduate of Kenwood Academy High School who attended Harold Washington College before transferring to Clark Atlanta University.</p> <p>His cause and manner of death were officially listed as undetermined on an autopsy report, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>But Polk, 35, admitted to police that he set the fire after getting into a fight with Tullos, Carlson said.</p> <p>He is charged with aggravated arson and first-degree murder, prosecutors said. </p> <p>A police report indicates Polk was arrested Monday on State Street in Englewood, after he was reported by a shop owner for selling loose cigarettes.</p> Jeff MayesFri, 23 Jun 2017 11:40:58 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/06/23/man-charged-with-murder-of-paraplegic-veteran-preston-tullos-who-died-after-fire-in-south-shore-apartment/Preston Steven TullosFreddie Polk