Overview

• Kenneth Williams was charged July 21 with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery for the June 24 road rage incident that wounded an 8-year-old girl on South State Street.
• Prosecutors cited video footage, recovered shell casings and multiple eyewitness identifications in their detention petition and noted Williams was on pretrial release for an unrelated gun case when the shooting occurred.
• A judge denied Williams bond on July 23 and he remains held in Cook County Jail ahead of his next court appearance later this month.
• In a separate West Lawn incident late July 23, three suspects were taken into custody after an 18-year-old man was fatally shot and a 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound.
• Officers recovered two firearms at the West Lawn scene and formal charges are pending as investigators continue to gather forensic and digital evidence.