In this undated booking photo provided by the Chicago Police Department is Diante Speed, 20, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death last year of Shane Colombo, of Sun City, California, who was caught in the crossfire of a shooting last year shortly after he arrived in Chicago to begin pursuing a doctorate degree at nearby Northwestern University. Chicago Police say Speed of Chicago was arrested on Tuesday in Chicago and is scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing on Wednesday. (Chicago Police Department via AP)
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Northwestern University graduate student who was caught in the crossfire of a shooting while walking in a Chicago neighborhood.
Authorities say they were led to 20-year-old Diante Speed, of Chicago, after police in the suburb of South Holland recovered the gun used to shoot 25-year-old Shane Colombo, of Sun City, California.
During Wednesday’s bond hearing, Cook County prosecutors said Speed admitted to giving the gun to a friend to sell. They say he denied firing it.
Speed’s public defender would say only that the suspect is a high school dropout and lives with his father.
Colombo was killed Sept. 2 when two other people started shooting at each other in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
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