Overview
- Cook County prosecutors charged 23-year-old Jaylin Jones with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery for the June 7 shooting near West Belden Avenue.
- Prosecutors say the shooting occurred after a post-bar altercation and that the victim, who tried to break up a fight, was struck when the suspect allegedly fired two shots.
- The proffer describes surveillance video showing the suspect display a firearm, leave and return to the area, then fire, and investigators cite a federal gun purchase record and phone-location data tying him to the scene.
- The 39-year-old victim remains hospitalized with severe, ongoing injuries that prosecutors say included infections leading to the loss of fingers and toes and removal of portions of her intestinal tract.
- A separate July 21 homicide a few yards away led Chicago police to issue a summary closure for The Dime and Jones’s detention hearing was rescheduled after he received treatment for a health matter.