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Co-Worker Charged With Murder in South Side Parking Lot Shooting Appears in Court

Prosecutors say the shooting followed a guard-shack dispute at an armed security site.

Overview

  • Bobby Martin, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of colleague Antoine Alexander, 32.
  • The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot at 9411 S. Ashland Avenue on Chicago’s South Side.
  • Prosecutors allege an argument inside a guard shack escalated before one shot was fired into Alexander’s abdomen.
  • A witness told both men to take the dispute outside, and Alexander’s firearm remained holstered during the incident.
  • Martin was arrested about 20 minutes later near his home; he was detained after a court appearance Friday and is due back March 17.