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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Felon who wasn’t ‘supposed to have a weapon at all’ charged with accidentally shooting friend

A two-time felon was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a gun he was holding went off and killed his friend at a barbecue in Chicago Lawn, prosecutors said.

Cook County Judge Kelly McCarthy ordered 28-year-old Manuel Robles held without bail during a hearing Tuesday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, saying she believed he was a danger to the community and “was not supposed to have a weapon at all,” let alone hold one while drinking at a party.

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