Bond denied in 15-year-old's slaying

Bond was denied today for a man accused of gunning down a 15-year-old boy celebrating his birthday outside a relative’s West Side home in 2011.
Karl Allen, 20, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jovany Diaz in the 4300 block of West Hirsch Street, in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.
About 10 p.m. on June 13, 2011, Diaz was standing with a cousin outside a home celebrating his birthday when Allen pulled up in a vehicle, got out and opened fire.
Diaz was shot once in the chest and died at Mt. Sinai Hospital later that night. The cousin, later identified as 19-year-old Robert Diaz, was grazed in the hand.
Allen, of the 4200 block of West Crystal Street, was arrested on Tuesday by the Chicago police Fugitive Apprehension Team. He was then identified in a lineup by a witness who saw him running from the scene.
Jovany Diaz, who was a freshman at Amundsen High School at the time of his slaying, had no known gang affiliation, authorities said at the time. His family and friends described him as a friendly and outgoing teen who loved basketball.
 As mourners gathered at a memorial site for Diaz the day after he was killed, gunfire erupted on the block and a 25-year-old man was wounded in the legs.
The alleged shooter, Michael Martinez, 24, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm and was sentenced to 10 years in prison