Three teens charged in Friday’s slaying of a South Side shop owner appeared in Bond Court on Monday charged with murder and armed robbery.
Cook County Circuit Judge Matthew Coghlan ordered Davon Mabry, 18, of the 9300 block of South Green Street held without bail; James Higgins, 18, of the 9200 block of South Wallace Street held in lieu of $750,000; and Andre Howard, 17, of the 9200 block of South Peoria Street held in lieu of $500,000.
Assistant State’s Atty. Luann Rodi Snow said the three teens decided to rob the Ebony Beauty Supply store, 9301 S. Halsted St., because they thought it would be an “easy lick.”
Mabry and Higgins allegedly demanded money from In Hwang, 41, who refused. He then told the group he recognized them and was shot in the chest as the three left the store.
Snow said the slaying was caught on videotape, and two witnesses have identified the group. They are scheduled to appear in court Oct. 8.
SHOOTING RULING: An off-duty Chicago police officer involved in a shootout that killed a 43-year-old Chicago man acted within department and state regulations, police said Monday.
A roundtable discussion after the shooting on Sunday determined that an Englewood district officer and her husband were justified in firing at Edward Harvey in the 7900 block of South Winchester Avenue, police spokesman Pat Camden said.
After refusing the officer’s request to identify himself, Harvey “produced a handgun and fired,” Camden said. “The officer, fearing for her and her husband’s life, returned fire.”
Harvey, of the 4300 block of West 77th Place, was pronounced dead at the scene.
COMMENTS SOUGHT: Have an opinion about the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority’s $5.3 billion capital plan and the proposed toll increases? The tollway will hold the first of 12 public hearings Tuesday night in Western Springs. An additional 11 meetings will be held in counties served by the toll road system through Sept. 21.
The hearings are required by law before the agency’s board can increase tolls. The tollway is proposing the hike to help fund the construction program that would rebuild and expand the 274-mile system. The board is expected to vote on the proposal Sept. 30.
The plan, which was announced last month, would double tolls for car drivers who don’t have I-PASS, increasing a typical toll of 40 cents to 80 cents. Truckers would see their tolls nearly triple, with 18-wheelers paying a typical toll of $4 compared with the current $1.50.
Car drivers with I-PASS would not pay more.
