Dec. 05--A judge Thursday set bail at $3 million for a man charged with a fatal shooting in suburban Riverdale that led to a police chase which wound up on the Far South Side of Chicago, police said.
Deonte Smith, 25, appeared before Markham Courthouse Judge Kathleen Panozzo, who set his bail at $3 million, said Cook County state's attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton.
Smith has been charged with murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and aggravated fleeing and eluding, Riverdale police said in a statement.
He is expected to appear in court again on Dec. 19, said Simonton.
About 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Riverdale police were called to the 13800 block of South Stewart Avenue for a person with a gun, according to Riverdale police Chief David DeMik.
DeMik said witnesses told police a person was putting children in a vehicle and fleeing the scene. Riverdale officers, assisted by surrounding police departments, pursued the vehicle for about 4 miles to the 11600 block of South Laflin Street in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, DeMik said.
Police arrested the driver and found two young children in the car who were unharmed, DeMik said.
DeMik would not say if the driver was the gunman. Officers found a woman and a man shot inside a home in the 13800 block of South Stewart Avenue, according to Riverdale police.
The man, 35, had been shot several times and was taken to Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island where he was pronounced dead at 5:17 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police identified him as Kevin Denson.
Police did not immediately provide the age of the woman shot but said she was transported to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey with a gunshot wound to the arm. Her injuries were not life-threatening, police said in a statement.
"Information at this point appears that this was an isolated incident and not a random act of violence," DeMik told reporters.
Authorities described the shooting as domestic related. Riverdale police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating.
WGN-TV contributed to this report.
