MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN HOMAN SQUARE SHOOTING

A West Side man who was on federal parole has been charged with murder in a drive- by shooting last month that killed a woman and wounded four other people in Homan Square.

Barry Smith, 31, is accused of opening fire on the group and fatally wounding Nakia Bailey, 21, according to Cook County prosecutors.

About 9: 40 p. m. on May 2, Smith and another person drove to the 3500 block of West Grenshaw, where they pointed guns out of both driver’s side windows and fired at least 11 shots toward the group of five people, prosecutors said.

Bailey was struck by three bullets and killed, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A 19- year- old man who was shot four times became paralyzed because of his wounds, prosecutors said. The other three victims were treated at a hospital and released.

Smith, of Lawndale, was on parole at the time of the shooting after he had been released from federal prison on Jan. 21 on a controlled substance charge, prosecutors said.

Smith was denied bail Saturday.