An attorney for an 18-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a Chicago police officer earlier this month asked a judge Wednesday to set a reasonable bail, arguing that he didn’t intend to kill a police officer and worked as a mentor to kids at a community center.
Cook County Judge Ankur Srivastava, though, agreed with a previous judge’s ruling and held Steven Montano, 18, without bail in the slaying of Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso on March 1. Montano is charged with first-degree murder, two gun-related felonies and misdemeanor counts of interfering with a report of domestic violence.
Prosecutors alleged that Montano shot and killed Vásquez Lasso after officers responded to a domestic disturbance at his home in the 5200 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the Gage Park neighborhood. The charges were superseded by a grand jury indictment, and his case was referred to the chief judge’s office for assignment to a trial judge.
