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An Illinois man who beat murder charges when prosecutors failed to grant him a speedy trial was fatally shot Monday night after posting bail, authorities said.
Kamari Belmont, 23, was riding in a car less than a mile away from a county jail when an SUV pulled up alongside him, and then a gunman opened fire, striking him in the in torso and back, according to Chicago police.
The SUV crashed, and the suspects managed to flee the scene, police said.
Belmont was shot multiple times, and he died after collapsing in the street, police said.
Belmont was being held on $100,000 bail in a separate robbery case. He was released after a friend posted his bail Monday.
Belmont was charged with murder and robbery in the 2015 shooting death of 40-year-old Sorrell Marshall.
He was initially charged with attempted murder, and the charges were upgraded to murder a year later.
Prosecutors did not explain the delay in filing charges.
Prosecutors dropped the murder charges in January after waiting too long to put him on trial, according to court records, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Michael Johnson, Belmont’s attorney, said he doesn’t believe his client’s death was gang-related, but always encouraged him to get out of the neighborhood upon his jail release.
“I told him, once he gets out he’s got to get out of the neighborhood,” he told the newspaper. “Unfortunately this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this.”
An Illinois man who beat murder charges when prosecutors failed to grant him a speedy trial was fatally shot Monday night after posting bail, authorities said.
Kamari Belmont, 23, was riding in a car less than a mile away from a county jail when an SUV pulled up alongside him, and then a gunman opened fire, striking him in the in torso and back, according to Chicago police.
The SUV crashed, and the suspects managed to flee the scene, police said.
Belmont was shot multiple times, and he died after collapsing in the street, police said.
Belmont was being held on $100,000 bail in a separate robbery case. He was released after a friend posted his bail Monday.
Belmont was charged with murder and robbery in the 2015 shooting death of 40-year-old Sorrell Marshall.
He was initially charged with attempted murder, and the charges were upgraded to murder a year later.
Prosecutors did not explain the delay in filing charges.
Prosecutors dropped the murder charges in January after waiting too long to put him on trial, according to court records, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Michael Johnson, Belmont’s attorney, said he doesn’t believe his client’s death was gang-related, but always encouraged him to get out of the neighborhood upon his jail release.
“I told him, once he gets out he’s got to get out of the neighborhood,” he told the newspaper. “Unfortunately this isn’t the first time I’ve seen this.”