Raymond Myles, a 66-year-old Chicago judge, was shot and killed outside of his South Side home in the early morning hours of Monday, April 10.
Witnesses say they heard a woman’s screams coming from the home of Associate Judge Raymond Myles around 5:00 A.M. on Monday morning.
Myles was shot several times and died after being transported to Advocate Medical Center, while an unidentified 52-year-old woman was also shot. She remains in critical condition at the Advocate Medical Center, but is expected to survive.
Police say that the woman was walking out of her home around 5:00 A.M. when she was confronted by a gunman. While police believe that Myles and the woman were the victims of an attempted robbery, it does not appear as though any possessions were taken from either of them.
Via Chicago Tribune:
Citing preliminary information, police said the woman, 52, encountered the gunman by the garage of the two-story brick home in the 9400 block of South Forest Avenue around 4:50 a.m. Words were exchanged and she was shot once in the leg.
“Upon hearing the commotion and the gunshot, Judge (Raymond) Myles exited his residence,” Melissa Staples, the chief of detectives, said at a news conference at police headquarters. “(He) exchanged words with the offender before he was fatally shot multiple times.”
Staples said detectives were pursuing “multiple and promising leads” and reviewing video footage from public and private surveillance cameras in the neighborhood. She said detectives do not know if the judge’s work had anything to do with the shooting.
No arrests have been made so far and Staples said the FBI has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. Authorities have yet to release a description of the gunman.
What Happened?
Raymond Myles, a 66-year-old Chicago judge, was shot and killed outside of his South Side home in the early morning hours of Monday, April 10.
Who Was Raymond Myles?
Myles, a 66-year-old associate judge in the Cook Country Circuit Court’s Criminal Division, was a longtime jurist who had been involved in several high-profile proceedings.
LeRoy K. Martin Jr., the presiding judge of the Criminal Division, described Myles as a ‘very’ fair judge.
“He was very patient with people and gave out a lot of tough love,” Martin said. “ …He would try and provide services for people, to work with people, and try to keep people out of the penitentiary.”