#60: Man shot a teenager during a drug deal — while on electronic monitoring for gun and drug cases, prosecutors say

Nine months ago, prosecutors charged Malik Perteet with felony gun possession after he allegedly exchanged gunfire with someone who opened fire on him at a gas station. An 11-year-old girl was killed in the crossfire by a bullet that prosecutors said came from the other gunman’s weapon.

Chicago police wanted to charge Perteet, who was himself shot multiple times during the incident, with reckless discharge of a firearm, too, records show. But prosecutors refused to do that.

Instead, he went home on electronic monitoring after posting a $7,500 deposit.

Two months later, while still on electronic monitoring, he was charged with two counts of manufacture-delivery of narcotics. Judges put him back on monitoring again with no additional bail required even though the new charges were a bond violation in the ongoing gun case, court records show.

Perteet, 22, was back in bond court on Friday. Prosecutors say he shot and tried to kill a 17-year-old girl during a marijuana sale earlier this month. And, yes, he was on electronic monitoring and on bail for the gun case and the other drug case at the time.

He is the 60th person accused of killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago this year while awaiting trial for a felony. A total of 92 victims are involved in those crimes.

Perteet went to the girl’s West Pullman home on December 5 to sell her the pot, but she became angry after she put the weed on a scale and it weighed less than she was expecting, Assistant State’s Attorney Loukas Kalliantasis said during Friday’s bond court hearing.

Perteet and the woman argued, then Perteet jumped at the girl and tried to punch her, Kalliantasis said. She ran to her kitchen and grabbed a steak knife for self-defense, he continued.

The argument continued on the woman’s porch and then turned into a physical fight that rolled into the street, according to Kalliantasis.

Perteet allegedly yelled out for someone to get a gun.

That’s when the woman broke away and ran to a neighbor’s house for help. As she knocked on the door, she saw Perteet and another person walking toward her with guns, Kalliantasis said.

As she stood at the door, Perteet allegedly pointed a gun at her and opened fire, striking the girl in her leg. She turned around after being shot and saw him lowering his arm from an apparent shooting position, according to Kalliantasis.

A GPS tracker on Perteet’s electronic monitoring bracelet allegedly showed he was at the shooting location at the time of the crime.

He is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery by discharging a firearm. In case you are wondering, Perteet cannot be charged with escaping from electronic monitoring because Illinois’ new criminal justice reform bill requires people to be away from their homes for 48 hours before it becomes a crime.

Judge Charles Beach ordered him held without bail on Friday.

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.

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