Teen charged in fatal shooting of 3 at Chicago-area home
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. ( AP) — A 17- year- old was charged Monday with multiple counts of first- degree murder and other crimes in the fatal shootings of a girl he was dating and two other people in a suburban Chicago home, prosecutors said.
The suspect, identified as Byrion Montgomery, also was charged with one count each of attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
It wasn’t clear whether Montgomery had an attorney who could to comment on the allegations against him. The teen was being held on $20 million bail.
He was arrested following the shootings Sunday night in Bolingbrook in what police said was a suspected home invasion.
Bolingbrook police spokesman Anthony Columbus said Monday that “all indications are he was the sole offender.”
Police identified the girl as 17-year-old Samiya A. Shelton-Tillman. Cartez Daniels, 40, and a girl whose name has not yet been released also were slain, Columbus said.
All three were pronounced dead at the scene.
A 34- year- old woman was wounded and listed in stable condition at a hospital. Two boys ages 3 and 14 were in the home at the time but were not harmed.
The shooting was reported about 8: 15 p. m. Sunday, and the suspect was arrested about two hours later near his home.
A crime scene investigation was being conducted in the community about 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Chicago, police said.
Neighbor Melinda Taylor told the Chicago Tribune she heard a loud thud Sunday night prior to first responders arriving at the home across the street.
Taylor said her son plays with a teen who lives in the home where the shooting occurred and that the family there never stuck out.