A man who skipped court in a felony gun case shot and killed another man before authorities caught up with him four months later, officials now say.
Keyante Campbell, 20, was found shot inside a car in the 7200 block of South Sangamon Street at about 7 p.m. on April 13, 2024. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Campbell’s mother, Courtney Watson, described the chaos in a GoFundMe campaign created before her son died.
“Literally five minutes from home he was shot in the head,” Watson wrote. “Due to the ShotSpotter, CPD found my son in the middle of the street slumped over the middle console of our family car with our vehicle still in drive.”
“Once he reached the hospital he flatlined and was brought back but then fell into a coma which lead him to be placed on life support because he was not able to breath on his own,” she wrote. Campbell died days after the shooting.
Court records show prosecutors have now charged Shontrell Moon, 20, with Campbell’s murder.
The shooting occurred three months after Moon skipped court on a pending felony gun charge, records show. A judge had issued a warrant for his arrest in January 2024 after he failed to appear in that case. Police caught up with him again about a month after Campbell was shot when officers allegedly found him illegally possessing another firearm, this time a rifle, according to a Chicago police report.
Moon pleaded guilty in both gun cases in March and received consecutive prison terms of two years and five years from Judge Charles Burns, court records show. He is scheduled to be released on parole in August 2027.
Moon is the 39th person charged with killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago during 2024 while on felony pretrial release. Those cases involved 42 victims, including 11 who died. Ten of 2024’s attempted murder victims were Chicago police officers.
The “not horrible” series
This report continues our coverage of individuals accused of killing, shooting, or trying to kill or shoot others on pretrial release for a felony allegation. CWBChicago began our series of reports in November 2019 after then-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 awaiting trial for felony allegations is undoubtedly much higher than the numbers seen here. Since 2017, CPD has brought charges in less than 5% of non-fatal shootings and 33% of murders, according to the city’s data. You can see all of the “not horrible” stories here.
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