#46 — Man shot woman during argument over phone messages while on bail for felony gun case, prosecutors say

Prosecutors have charged an Englewood man with beating, choking, and shooting a woman during an argument over telephone messages while on bail for a pending felony gun case. Raywood Shearer is the 46th person accused of killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago this year while awaiting trial for a felony.

The woman who had an unspecified relationship with Shearer threw his phone out an apartment window after she became upset about the messages on July 8, prosecutors said during a bail hearing last week. Shearer, 26, and the woman began arguing, and the dispute escalated on the porch, where Shearer choked the woman, punched her in the head and body, then went to a parking lot and slashed her tires, according to prosecutors.

He then returned to the porch, pulled out a gun, pointed it at the woman, and fired one round, which grazed her hip and lodged in the wall behind her, prosecutors alleged. The woman ran inside and called her mother, then called 911. Her mother also called 911.

Surveillance video allegedly shows Shearer battering the woman and raising a gun toward her. Prosecutors said the video also captured a muzzle flash from when he fired the weapon.

Shearer was gone when police arrived, but the woman reportedly gave them the first name of the man who attacked her. Police recognized the name and presented her with photos of possible suspects. She identified Shearer, prosecutors said.

Authorities arrested Shearer last week, but the woman has become uncooperative, prosecutors said. Defense attorney David Geiger said the woman is not only refusing to cooperate, but she is also giving a different version of events about what happened in July.

Prosecutors charged Shearer with aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, aggravated domestic battery, and criminal damage to property. Last October, prosecutors accused Shearer of illegally possessing a defaced firearm in a car in River North. The case is still pending and court records show he was on electronic monitoring as recently as May. The records do not indicate when or if he was taken off of house arrest.

Judge Mary Marubio ordered Shearer held without bail for violating the terms of bond in the pending case. She set bail at $150,000 for the new charges and ordered Shearer to wear a GPS monitor and go on electronic monitoring if he is released.

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