A judge on Friday ruled a 15-year-old Englewood neighborhood boy be held in custody after being charged with murder in the death of a 20-year-old man in the Buena Park neighborhood late last month.
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The boy, who is not being identified because of his age, appeared briefly before Judge Kathryn M. Vahey during a hearing at the Juvenile Justice Center, said Cook County state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton.
He will return to court Monday for a status hearing.
Earlier this week, the boy was cited in a juvenile petition with first-degree murder after being identified as the person who robbed and fatally shot Johnny Guaman in the 900 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago police said.
Guaman was on a sidewalk about 2:10 p.m. on Oct. 29 when, according to witnesses, two males confronted him and tried to grab his backpack, police said.
When Guaman refused to hand it over, one of the robbers drew a gun and shot Guaman once in the chest, killing him. The two fled east to Broadway in a Jeep Cherokee with temporary plates, police said.
Guaman, of the same neighborhood where he was shot, was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy determined Guaman died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and his death was ruled a homicide.
It was unclear if police were still seeking the accomplice.