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Police found
Raymond Myles, 66, shot multiple times when they responded to a
report of gunfire at the address on the city's South Side,
according to Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Chicago
Police Department.
Myles was an associate judge in Cook County Circuit Court's
Criminal Division, according to the court's website. Cook County
includes Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States.
The incident started when a woman exited the home and
encountered a man with a gun at around 5 a.m. local time, Chief
of Detectives Melissa Staples said at a news conference.
Words were exchanged before the man fired, hitting the woman
once. Hearing the gunshots, Myles exited the residence to
investigate and was shot multiple times, dying of his wounds.
The female victim is receiving treatment at a local hospital and
is expected to recover, police said.
Police are investigating the motive for the shooting and have
several leads on the identity of the shooter, Staples said.
Myles had received threats in the past because of his work but
Staples declined to comment on possible links between Myles'
cases and the shooting.
The killing was "a direct attack on the criminal justice system
that keeps our society safe," First Deputy Superintendent Kevin
Navarro said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $25,000 reward
for information leading to a suspect, police said.
Myles was first appointed to the Circuit Court of Cook County in
1999, according to a statement from court, and served in the
criminal division starting in 2009.
Chicago's struggle to curb violent crime has drawn national
attention as the number of people murdered in the city last year
rose to more than 760. President Donald Trump has repeatedly
singled out the city for failing to quell the violence.
(This version of the story has been refiled to correct spelling
of police in second paragraph)
(Reporting by Timothy Mclaughlin in Chicago; Editing by Patrick
Enright and James Dalgleish)
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