A Chicago man was on felony pretrial release when he allegedly tried to kill a 29-year-old man in a shooting on the West Side this summer, officials say.
Emara Williams, 35, is the 15th person accused of killing or attempting to kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release. Those individuals are accused of targeting 22 victims, five of whom — including a Chicago police officer and a Chicago firefighter — died.
A little after 7 p.m. on July 17, the victim received a call that his brother had been in a fight and went to the 400 block of North Central Avenue to see what was happening, according to court records. Williams was there along with 34-year-old Robert Ashford and other men the victim knew from the neighborhood, prosecutors claim…