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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Man charged in fatal Oakland neighborhood shooting texted ‘code word’ when job was done: prosecutors

The Leighton Criminal Courthouse at 26th and California. (Andy Grimm/Sun-Times)

A man charged with gunning down a youth football coach last spring texted a “code word” to a still unknown person who was involved in setting up the murder, Cook County prosecutors said in court Friday.

Prosecutors didn’t say why 34-year-old Jermone Baker was apparently targeted in the shooting, but said the alleged gunman, Darius Jackson, had been communicating with another person on social media about the attack.

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