Chinanews.com, November 14th, according to the US Chinese website, on the afternoon of the 13th local time, the US Circuit Court in Cook County, Illinois banned Alton Spann, the suspect who shot and killed Chinese student Zheng Shaoxiong in Chicago. Its bail decision.
Data map: Chicago police.
According to reports, the Chicago police said on the afternoon of the 12th local time that the 18-year-old Span was suspected of shooting and killing Zheng Shaoxiong at 13:52 local time on the 9th.
Spann was charged with one felony of first-degree murder, one felony of robbery with a gun, and two felony counts of illegal use of weapons that afternoon.
Chicago City Police Chief David Brown stated that the victim did nothing to provoke this heinous crime and he had no reason to be killed.
As for the criminal motive, Brown said, "I think the motive is related to (the suspect) taking (Zheng Shaoxiong's) things to the store and selling it for $100."
According to reports, the police have only arrested one suspect and the case is still under investigation.
Brown has repeatedly emphasized the need to punish the suspects severely and encouraged the public to provide clues anonymously to help the police solve the case as soon as possible.
According to previous reports, on the afternoon of the 9th local time, Zheng Shaoxiong, a 24-year-old Chinese student who graduated from the University of Chicago, was robbed by a gunman Span on his way home from the school. Span shot him in the chest and took him away. Some electronic products, then drove away.
Zheng Shaoxiong died of his injuries after being taken to the hospital.
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, and the number of people being shot has continued to increase in recent years.
According to the latest data released by the Chicago Police Department, as of October 31, 2021, a total of 3,766 people were shot in the city, an increase of 9.4% from the same period in 2020.