Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 54-year-old man with murdering prominent Chicago anti-violence leader Andre Thomas in a planned shooting outside a Chicago Heights strip mall on Halloween night, saying two other men who allegedly participated have not been charged.
Alex Morris faces one count of first-degree murder in the death of Thomas, 57, who founded and led the violence-prevention organization Integrity & Fidelity. Judge Luciano Panici ordered Morris detained during a hearing at the Markham courthouse.
Prosecutors did not offer a motive for the killing but said it was planned in advance. Surveillance video showed Morris and one alleged accomplice being dropped off near 15th Place and Wilson Avenue around 9 p.m. on October 31, according to a detention filing. The location is about a block from the strip mall parking lot where Thomas was killed…