Chicago scored more national publicity for a Christmastime homicide cops have tied to Fred Taylor, 24. Taylor was out on electronic monitoring for a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing. News of his arrest and his “electronic house arrest” barely made a blip locally. Why? He was the 59th person who either killed or tried to kill someone in Chicago last year… while out on affordable bail.
CWB Chicago has the original story:
CHICAGO — Three days before Christmas, Marcus Robinson was walking along the 7100 block of South Woodlawn when a stolen Hyundai pulled up next to him and five men got out with guns.
All five men, using eight guns, fired more than 39 rounds at Robinson, killing him, officials said. He was 24.
On Thursday, prosecutors filed murder charges against one of the men they believe was among the gunmen, Fred Taylor, 24.
Taylor was on electronic monitoring for a pending stolen motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing case at the time of the shooting. He is the
59th60th person accused of killing or shooting—or trying to kill or shoot—someone in Chicago last year while having a felony case pending. At least 104 people were allegedly victimized in the crimes, and 28 died.
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