#28 (again): Anti-violence worker is charged with murder and attempted murder while on felony bail. It's the second murder he's accused of committing while on bond.

Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a man with participating in a shooting that killed a 20-year-old man and injured a 17-year-old woman while he was on bond for a pending felony charge.

We told you about Angelo Baldwin on July 17 when he became the 28th person accused of killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago this year while free on a felony bail bond.

In the previous case, Baldwin allegedly shot 20-year-old Dayvon Snell to death on I-57 near Halsted Street during a robbery that unfolded after the men were involved in a minor traffic accident.

After the murder, Illinois State Police investigators issued a bulletin to law enforcement that included photos of Baldwin. Chicago detectives immediately recognized him as the man seen on surveillance video of an earlier shooting that killed another man on June 10, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.

Around 3:27 p.m. that afternoon, 20-year-old Darrion Stokes was standing outside a car on the 6500 block of South Claremont while speaking with a 26-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl who were inside the vehicle, police said. A 6-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl were in the car’s back seat.

Suddenly, a blue SUV rolled down the street, and someone opened fire on the car, killing Stokes and grazing the teen’s finger, according to Murphy and police. Investigators learned that the SUV was stolen from a gas station the day before the shooting, and Baldwin was seen stealing the car in surveillance footage, Murphy said.

About 30 minutes after the shooting, the SUV crashed on the South Side, and surveillance video allegedly shows Baldwin and an unidentified accomplice running from the scene. The accomplice is carrying a gun.

Murphy said Baldwin hid under a porch and phone records show he sent a text to someone in which he said, “I’m under a porch at 87th and Union.”

Murphy said he also used the phone to order an Uber from the scene and check Twitter for information about the murder. Police allegedly found a cup with Baldwin’s DNA inside the crashed SUV.

After Chicago police realized that one of the men who ran from the SUV was the same person shown on the State Police bulletin about the expressway shooting, they ordered expedited testing of shell casings recovered from both crime scenes. Murphy said lab tests determined that the same gun fired the bullets at both murder scenes.

Baldwin is charged with one count of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the June 10 shooting.

Assistant Public Defender Patrick White noted that Baldwin is listed by the wrong first name on a Chicago Police Department report, which also has the wrong birthdate.

White said Baldwin worked for two years as an outreach worker for the CeaseFire anti-violence group.

Judge Susana Ortiz set Baldwin’s bail at $1 million cash. He is being held without bail for Snell’s murder, and Murphy said prosecutors would ask to have him held without bail on the new charges in the coming days.

Editor’s note: This report continues our coverage of individuals who have been charged with murder, attempted murder, or trying to kill a person while on bond for a pending felony case. CWBChicago began our series of reports in November 2019 after Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans publicly stated, “we haven’t had any horrible incidents occur” under the court’s bond reform initiative.

The actual number of murders and shootings committed by people on felony bail is undoubtedly much higher than the numbers seen here. Since 2017, CPD has made arrests in just 4% of shootings and 31% of murders, according to the city’s data. You can support CWBChicago’s work by becoming a subscriber today.

#28 (again): Anti-violence worker is charged with murder and attempted murder while on felony bail. It’s the second murder he’s accused of committing while on bond.

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