A Lake County Grand Jury indicted a homeless man on murder charges Wednesday in the shooting death of a man in a Waukegan alley last month.
Undra Bailey, 30, was indicted on first-degree murder charges and is scheduled for arraignment Dec. 1 in Lake County Circuit Court.
According to Waukegan police, Bailey, who authorities described as homeless, fatally shot John Collins, 28, of North Chicago, in an alley on South Jackson Street in Waukegan. Collins was shot after the two men got into an argument, police said.
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At about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, Waukegan patrol officers responded to the 800 block of South Jackson for a report of a shooting in an alley. On arrival, officers located Collins, who was transported to Vista Medical Center in Waukegan, where he was pronounced dead.
Waukegan Police Cmdr. Joe Florip said Bailey was arrested after he was located on foot in the area of routes 137 and 41 in North Chicago on Oct. 24, and was taken into custody without incident.
He is being held in Lake County Jail with bail set at $2.5 million.
Bailey was released from prison in February 2015 in connection with a previous shooting in North Chicago, according to Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office and Illinois Department of Corrections records.
In the previous case, Bailey was charged in May 2011 with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, according to Lake County Circuit Court records.
According to the state’s attorney’s office, the charges resulted from a May 20 argument in which Bailey allegedly shot a man twice in the face following an argument in North Chicago.
Officials said after the victim said he couldn’t remember the shooting and that he would not testify at trial, a plea deal was negotiated in which Bailey pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and was sentenced to eight years in prison, which under statute for that charge was served at 50 percent.
He was released from prison on parole on Feb. 10, 2015.
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