According to authorities, a 15-year-old boy joined two adult men to commit a double murder inside an Auburn Gresham home last October, killing two teens and injuring another man.
According to an initial police report, Chicago officers rushed to a property in the 8100 block of South Marshfield Avenue shortly before 8 a.m. on October 22 and discovered 16-year-old Dejavae Christopher on the second floor and 17-year-old Tamarion West in a nearby stairway. Both were fatally shot. A 21-year-old man who had been shot in the arm was found hiding under a bed.
Officers on the scene discovered evidence dispersed across two floors of the property, and preliminary indications suggested the victims were chased through the building by the shooters before being shot. Authorities have not revealed a motive for the shootings.
Prosecutors have charged Omarion Roberson, 32, Jarvis Bell, and a 15-year-old kid with involvement in the attack. All three face several charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. The kid has been charged in juvenile court, where records are protected from public access.
Roberson has been incarcerated since November, when Chicago police arrested him while investigating an unrelated killing for which he was never prosecuted, according to court documents. When CPD officers held him for interrogation in that case, prosecutors claimed he had two loaded weapons, one reported stolen and the other with a defaced serial number. According to court documents, Roberson had four juvenile adjudications for illegal gun possession and was on juvenile parole when he was apprehended.
Bell has been in detention since March 17, when prosecutors accused him of being a felon in possession of a handgun. According to court documents, investigators searching for Bell to question him about the October killings discovered him near the 1600 block of West 81st Street. Prosecutors said Bell rushed into an alley but was apprehended after a foot chase, and cops discovered a loaded weapon that they believe he ditched while escaping. According to court documents, detectives attempted to ask Bell about the murders several times, but he always interrupted before they could begin, ordering them to “go f*** themselves.”
Prosecutors said Bell had three prior felony gun convictions and was on pretrial release for a misdemeanor criminal trespass to vehicle case when he was arrested in March.
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