A 19-year-old man was ordered held on $2 million bail Saturday after he was charged in the shooting death last weekend of a teenage boy in Calumet City.
Jameaund Jones, of the 16000 block of Oxford Drive in Markham, was arrested Wednesday after he shot and killed 17-year-old Jason Griffin on July 23, authorities said. Judge James Brown ordered Jones held on bail in a hearing Saturday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.
Griffin was wounded multiple times after he stepped out of his home in the 600 block of Hirsch Avenue to smoke a cigarette, according to prosecutors. He died at the scene about 3:45 p.m.
The teen’s mother, Lakeia Griffin, said last weekend that when she left her home the afternoon of the shooting, her son was having a playful backyard water fight with family and a friend.
“I’d seen some happy days, but (Saturday) was the happiest he’d ever been,” Lakeia Griffin said. “It was like nobody could steal his joy away from him.”
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While she was away, she said, she got a call saying Jason had been shot.
“He had come out to smoke that cigarette, and in just that period of time, they gunned him down,” Lakeia Griffin said.
She described her son as a “typical teenager” with a good sense of humor and a healthy appetite. He was popular among other local teenagers and had many friends. She said she did not know why he was targeted.
Griffin’s killing was the fifth shooting last weekend in Calumet City.
Moreno is a reporter for the baiduhai and Swedberg is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.