A 15-year-old boy joined two adult men in carrying out a double murder that left two teenagers dead and another man wounded inside an Auburn Gresham home last autumn, according to prosecutors.
Chicago police responded to a residence in the 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue just before 8 a.m. on October 22 and found 16-year-old Dejavae Christopher on the second floor and 17-year-old Tamarion West on a nearby stairwell, according to an initial police report. Both had been fatally shot. A 21-year-old man who had been shot in the arm was discovered hiding beneath a bed.
Officers at the scene found evidence spread across two floors of the home, and initial reports indicated the victims may have been chased through the building by the gunmen before they were shot. Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive for the shootings.
Prosecutors have now charged 19-year-old Omarion Roberson, 32-year-old Jarvis Bell, and a 15-year-old boy in connection with the attack. All three face multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The juvenile has been charged in juvenile court, where records are shielded from public disclosure.
Roberson has been detained since November after Chicago police arrested him while investigating an unrelated homicide for which he was never charged, according to court records. When CPD officers detained him for questioning in that case, prosecutors alleged, he possessed two loaded firearms, one that had been reported stolen and another with a defaced serial number. According to court filings, Roberson had four juvenile adjudications for unlawful gun possession and was on juvenile parole when he was arrested.
Bell has been in custody since March 17 after prosecutors charged him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court records, officers looking for Bell to question him about the October killings found him in the 1600 block of West 81st Street. Prosecutors said Bell ran into an alley but was arrested after a foot chase, and officers recovered a loaded handgun they allege he discarded while fleeing. Court filings said detectives repeatedly attempted to question Bell about the murders, but each time he interrupted them before they could begin, repeatedly telling investigators to “go f*** themselves.”
Prosecutors said Bell has three prior felony gun convictions and was on pretrial release in a misdemeanor criminal trespass to vehicle case when he was arrested in March.
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