A person has been charged with fatally taking pictures a girl inside a West Loop apartment on New Yr’s Day.
Officers have been known as simply earlier than 8 p.m. to the Harvest Commons condominium complicated at 1519 W. Warren Blvd., the place they discovered a 33-year-old lady with a gunshot wound to the top and a .380-caliber cartridge close by in her second-floor condominium, in line with court docket paperwork.
Witnesses instructed police they final noticed the lady with Johnnie Matthews, 42, who lives on a distinct flooring within the constructing, and that the 2 had been arguing earlier that day, court docket paperwork stated.
The girl was recognized as Kristina Romandine by the Prepare dinner County medical expert’s workplace, which listed her handle in Bay Minette, Alabama, although a police report indicated she resided within the West Loop condominium.
Whereas officers have been on scene, Matthews returned to the condominium and agreed to an interview with Space 3 detectives during which he allegedly admitted his involvement within the taking pictures loss of life, in line with court docket paperwork.
Surveillance video footage additionally confirmed Matthews discarding a black backpack a block away, which officers later discovered with a loaded .380-caliber handgun, court docket paperwork stated.
Matthews is charged with one felony depend every of first-degree homicide and possession of a weapon by a felon.
He was ordered detained pending trial at a court docket look Saturday. His subsequent court docket date is Tuesday.
