Overview

• Kenneth Williams, 23, faces attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery charges in connection with the June 24 shooting on South State Street.
• Prosecutors’ detention petition cites surveillance video, recovered shell casings, and multiple eyewitness identifications linking Williams to four shots fired at the family’s vehicle.
• Cook County Judge John Hock ordered Williams held without bail at a July 23 hearing, and he is next due in Skokie court on July 28.
• Court records show Williams was on pretrial release for a separate firearm offense and had served a two-day sentence for a drug conviction days before the incident.
• The 8-year-old victim was treated by Chicago Fire Department medics at the scene and released from Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition the same night.