Man charged with murder of Chicago University student Zheng Shaoxiong
- Alton Spann, 18, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon
- Zheng was standing on a pavement in the Hyde Park neighbourhood when Spann shot him in the torso and ran off with some of his belongings
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference that Alton Spann of Chicago was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon.
It wasn’t immediately known on Friday if Spann has a lawyer.
Deputy Chief of Detectives Rahman Muhammad said that Dennis Zheng Shaoxiong, 24, was standing on a pavement in a residential area on Tuesday afternoon in the Hyde Park neighbourhood on the city’s South Side when Spann approached Zheng and robbed him at gunpoint of some of his belongings, including electronics, before shooting him in the torso and running off.
Muhammad said surveillance cameras in the area recorded Spann running toward a black Ford Mustang that then sped away.
Using video from the city’s surveillance camera system, private residences and the school’s cameras, the police were able to track the vehicle, which they later determined had been stolen from the nearby suburb of Markham on November 3.
