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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Madeline Kenney

Suspect accused of killing WGN-TV security guard during carjacking told police the shooting ‘wasn’t supposed to happen.’

A man accused of killing a WGN-TV security guard during a carjacking told police he “wanted her car and that was it,” saying the fatal shooting “wasn’t supposed to happen,” Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.

Gregory Watson, 22, also admitted to investigators this wasn’t his first time trying to steal a car, telling investigators “other times he’s taken cars, he’s only played like he had a gun,” Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said during a bond hearing.

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