No bail for man charged in fatal point-blank shooting at Melrose Park bar

Two men face murder charges in connection with a fatal shooting Oct. 10, 2020, outside J’s Sports Bar, 2101 N. Mannheim Road in Melrose Park. | Google Maps

A 23-year-old Glendale Heights man allegedly shot and killed someone at point-blank range during an argument outside a Melrose Park bar last weekend.

Adam Seger faces a count of first-degree murder in the Saturday killing of Alan Williams at an event to commemorate a friend who was recently shot to death, according to a bond proffer from Cook County prosecutors.

Seger and Robert Morris, 20, were at J’s Sports Bar, 2101 N. Mannheim Rd., when they began arguing with Williams at 2 a.m., and the argument spilled out into the bar’s parking lot, prosecutors said.

Adam Seger

Morris pushed Williams, 37, in the chest and pointed a handgun at him, prosecutors said. Seger then allegedly shot Williams once in the face.

The men fled the the scene in separate cars while one witness stayed to preform CPR on Williams until police and paramedics arrived, prosecutors said. Williams, of Bensenville, was taken to Gottlieb Hospital, where he died.

Morris and Seger are each charged with first-degree murder. Morris, of Willow Springs, also faces a misdemeanor charged for criminal damage to property, according to court records.

A judge ordered Seger held without bail, while Morris was ordered held on $5 million bail.

Seger’s next court date is Oct. 30. Morris will appear Oct. 19.

Robert Morris

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