Bail denied for alleged teen killer
It started with a handshake — but within seconds, an encounter between two 17-year-olds in South Chicago ended in a deadly hail of close-range gunfire, authorities say.
Just moments after Roemello Golden shook hands with Wendell Phillips Academy student Keon Tolliver Wednesday night, Tolliver pulled out a handgun and fatally shot Golden 11 times, assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Bob Groebner said in court Sunday.
Golden, who lived just a block north of the murder scene in the 8800 block of South Brandon, was shot in the head, neck, chest, arms and legs, and was declared dead soon after, Groebner said. A sidewalk tribute of dozens of bottles of Grey Goose vodka, condom packets and handwritten notes of condolence still marked the spot where Golden fell Sunday afternoon.
Tolliver, who lives with his grandmother in the 8700 block of South Exchange, was with another man when he approached Golden and two other men who were talking with Golden Wednesday night, Groebner said.
Tolliver escaped to the south on foot but was identified by two witnesses as the gunman and was arrested in the South Commons neighborhood on Friday, the prosecutor added.
Wearing Pac-Man pajama pants in court Sunday, Tolliver was denied bail by Judge Israel Desierto.
Despite his young age, Tolliver is the father of two children, his attorney said. He has multiple tattoos showing an allegiance to the Latin Kings street gang, according to a police report.
He has two juvenile convictions for unlawful use of a weapon and has spent time in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Groebner said.
Golden’s family declined to comment Sunday.
Yorkville man charged with DUI after hitting pony
A man was charged Sunday with DUI after striking a Shetland pony while driving an all-terrain vehicle in southwest suburban Yorkville.
Kendall County Sheriff deputies were called out to the 11500 block of Brisbin Road after receiving a call that someone suffered a head injury on Sunday, according to the sheriff ’s office.
When they got there, deputies discovered that Quintin P. Wissmiller, 33, allegedly struck a Shetland pony while traveling southbound on Brisbin Road near Helmar Road, officials said.
Paramedics transported Wissmiller to the Morris Hospital emergency room, officials said.
Wissmiller, of the 11000 block of Brisbin Road in Yorkville, also was charged with driving with a revoked license, officials said.
The condition of the pony was not known.
Motorcyclist dies after thrown from bike on I-294
A motorcyclist died after he lost control of his motorcycle on the Tri-State Tollway near Glenview Sunday morning, State Police said.
An Illinois State Police District 15 trooper said a man was thrown from the motorcycle when it ran off northbound I-294 and into a ditch around 5:53 a.m. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.
Chicago man dies after car crashes in Little Village
A man died Sunday morning after he lost control of a car he was driving and crashed into a viaduct in the Little Village neighborhood.
The man was driving northbound in the 3100 block of South Western when he lost control of his 1996 Nissan Maxima around 12:20 a.m., police said.
Carlos Apolinar-Marcial, 24, of the 2000 block of North Washtenaw, was pronounced dead at 4:09 a.m. at Stroger Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.
No one else was in the car at the time of the singlevehicle crash, police said.
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