A Cook County judge this afternoon denied bail for Deonta Davis, who was charged with first-degree murder, accused of fatally shooting one man and wounding two others.
The defendant also was charged with felony resisting arrest, after authorities said he scuffled with and tried to disarm the police officers who arrested him Sunday in the 3900 block of West Gladys Avenue.
Police picked up Davis after he was named in a police alert regarding an April 25 aggravated battery on Kostner Avenue near Jackson Boulevard that left a 19-year-old man wounded at least seven times as he rode in a car, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. The victim, who survived the shooting, later identified Davis in a lineup as the man who shot him, state's attorney spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said.
Following his arrest, police linked the reputed gang member to the March 12, 2007 slaying of Perry Jackson.
Prosecutors said Davis drove three men to the 900 block of North Homan Avenue, where he planned to rob a marijuana dealer, Simonton said. Armed with a brown-handled revolver, Davis and a second man -- wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying a TEC-9 pistol -- asked Jackson whether he had any "weed" and opened fire, striking Jackson at least six times and wounding two other men, Simonton said.
Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other victims survived their injuries. Multiple eyewitnesses, including the two survivors, identified Davis as one of the 2007 gunmen, and Davis admitted to detectives his role as a shooter, Simonton said.
Davis, whose last known address was the 4200 block of West Jackson Boulevard, has a long arrest record, with several felony drug convictions, according to state and court records. He was also on parole for a 2008 drug conviction.
Davis returns to court next month.
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