Overview
- Judge James Costello ordered Marquese D. Hill, 18, and Marshawn Sanders, 17, held pending trial after a Saturday detention hearing, with their next court date set for Wednesday.
- Both defendants face two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking, attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking and aggravated discharge of a firearm, while Hill also faces aggravated battery of a police officer tied to his arrest.
- Prosecutors detailed a sequence beginning with the fatal Lakeview carjacking of Darwin Tirado-Sanchez, followed by the killing of Damon Kellum in Oakland, an attempted carjacking near 43rd and Wentworth, and a successful hijacking of a CTA worker’s Malibu at 86th and Lafayette.
- Investigators linked incidents across neighborhoods using public and private surveillance video, license-plate reader hits and geolocation data from a suspect’s phone, with the stolen Malibu later recovered in Gary, Indiana.
- Hill was also charged in a Jan. 10 West Rogers Park carjacking, and court records show a separate felony case against him was dropped about 36 hours before the Feb. 11 spree.