First-degree murder charges were filed against Camarion Reed-Bell, 21, of Chicago Heights, in connection with the May 2025 shooting death of Kevin M. Miller Jr., 26, of Dolton, Park Forest police said.
Miller was shot and killed May 15, 2025, in the 0–100 block of Krotiak Road in Park Forest.
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office approved a first-degree murder charge last month against Reed-Bell, who was already in custody on unrelated charges, police said.
The shooting was not random and Miller and Reed-Bell were known to each other, the police statement said.
In court documents petitioning for Reed-Bell to be held in pre-trial detention, prosecutors said the shooting was motivated by jealousy, with the altercation that led to Miller’s death being prompted by Miller spending time with Reed-Bell’s girlfriend.
Reed-Bell tracked down and confronted the two when they were sitting together in his girlfriend’s car, jumping on the hood and shouting at his girlfriend, and the confrontation escalated to violence, prosecutors said.
Cook County Judge Luciano Panici ordered Reed-Bell held in custody while awaiting trial. A public defender appointed to represent Reed-Bell could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
A preliminary hearing for Reed-Bell is scheduled for Jan. 14.
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