Overview

• The victim, identified as 46-year-old Darrin O. Carter by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, was shot in the back inside his vehicle just after 9:45 a.m. on July 5 near the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue.
• Obbie Sanders, 49, was arrested about 30 minutes after the shooting on the East Wacker Drive ramp following a brief getaway in his vehicle.
• Sanders faces first-degree murder charges, additional counts of murder, multiple misdemeanors including fleeing from officers and operating without insurance, and two traffic citations.
• At a July 8 detention hearing, Cook County Judge John Hock ordered Sanders held without bond and set his next court appearance for July 23.
• Area Three detectives are continuing to gather surveillance and witness evidence as part of a broader citywide surge in gun violence investigations.