Bail denied for man charged in Chicago Lawn slaying

A judge denied bail today for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member who didn’t “throw down the fork’’ upon demand this week in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Abel Ruiz was in court today before Judge James Brown, who denied bail. Prosecutors said Ruiz has a prior armed robbery conviction from 2007.
Ruiz, of the 3600 block of West 57th Street, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the slaying early Wednesday of Brandon Cage
An autopsy Thursday determined Cage, who was in his 30s and of an unknown home address, died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
Cage was shot about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in 3300 block of West 60th Street and pronounced dead at 3 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
 A man and his girlfriend were standing outside at the 60th Street address waiting for Cage when Ruiz, another man, and a female motorist pulled up in a black 4-door Ford Taurus and stopped near them.
 Ruiz exited a rear passenger door of the Taurus carrying a gun. He put it to the man’s head and told him to "throw down the fork’’ and the man did. Ruiz then turned to Cage, who had arrived and was standing on the sidewalk, and demanded he also “throw down the fork,’’ .
 When Cage refused, saying “I’m a G.D.,’’ Ruiz shot him multiple times, the report said. Ruiz is affiliated with a rival gang.
 The woman behind the wheel of the Taurus began yelling ”hurry up, let’s go’’ and Ruiz jumped in and they fled southbound on Homan Avenue.
 A flash message was broadcast on police radio. Officers saw a black Taurus in the 5300 block of South Sawyer Avenue, pulled it over and arrested Ruiz after he was identified as the gunman