Jan. 11--A 19-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a 30-year-old man during a robbery on Christmas Eve on the South Side, police said.
Maurice Pearson, 19, of the 8400 block of South Parnell Avenue, is charged with murder and armed robbery, according to police. Pearson appeared for a bond hearing Sunday afternoon at the Leighton Criminal Court Building where he was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail, according to court records.
The fatal attack happened just before 5 p.m. Dec. 24 in the 7300 block of South Vernon Avenue in the city's Park Manor neighborhood, police said.
The victim, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Craig Harris, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was declared dead on the scene, police said.
Harris lived in the same block where he was shot, police said.
Photos taken after the shooting showed the man dead in a gangway between two bungalows as police investigated.
