Bail was once set at $2 million for a person accused of fatally taking pictures his female friend after a controversy remaining yr in her Washington Heights house.
Lawrence Jackson, 23, was once arrested Monday and charged with first-degree homicide in connection to the Nov. 19, 2019, loss of life of Keishianta Coleman, 22, in step with a bond proffer ready via the Cook County state’s legal professional’s place of business.
Jackson often stayed with Coleman in her bed room at her area within the 10200 block of South Morgan Street, prosecutors stated. The morning of the homicide, Jackson went upstairs to Coleman’s bed room after she let him inside of.
Later that evening, the pair was once within the bed room about 10:05 p.m., and Coleman’s sister, who was once 17 years previous on the time, was once taking note of song and speaking on her telephone in a bed room at once around the corridor, prosecutors stated. She heard a noisy bang, got here out of her room, seemed into Coleman’s bed room and noticed Jackson status via himself “looking nervous and rushed.”
The 17-year-old went downstairs and was once status outdoor her dad or mum’s bed room when she noticed Jackson come downstairs “in a hurried way” and run out the entrance door, prosecutors stated.
The youngster went again upstairs to test on her sister and located Coleman mendacity on her aspect at the mattress with blood far and wide her, prosecutors stated. Police arrived quickly after.
Coleman had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was once pronounced useless on the scene, government stated.
Police got a seek warrant for Jackson’s telephone and located that the telephone was once within the space of Coleman’s house on the time of the taking pictures, prosecutors stated. Investigators additionally discovered that Jackson’s FOID card had in the past been revoked and he had purchased a .9mm semi-automatic gun in January 2019. A witness discovered an empty field for the gun inside of Coleman’s bed room.
Jackson gave the impression at listening to Tuesday the place his bail was once set at $2 million. His subsequent court docket date was once set for July 6.