Overview
- Prosecutors say the April 25 hospital shooting followed an 8 a.m. Family Dollar robbery, with GPS‑tagged cash leading officers to Alphanso Talley before he allegedly produced a 10mm gun during a CT prep, killed Officer John Bartholomew, wounded his partner, fled naked, and was found under a porch with the handgun.
- Judge D’Anthony Thedford ordered Talley held Thursday, citing danger to the public as prosecutors detailed his first‑degree murder and attempted murder counts along with a lengthy record and prior electronic‑monitoring violations.
- Police charged 18‑year‑old Jeron Tate with armed robbery, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, and unlawful restraint in the dollar store holdup that preceded the hospital attack, and a judge ordered him detained Friday.
- Chicago police internal affairs has opened a review of the officers who searched Talley before he was taken to Swedish Hospital, focusing on how a firearm went undetected before the CT area shooting.
- Bartholomew’s visitation and funeral are set for May 7–8 at St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Church, and the 57‑year‑old partner who was shot in the chin remains hospitalized but is showing signs of improvement.