An alleged repeat offender who police say shot a 17-year-old during an attempted train platform robbery was already on a pretrial release for earlier gun and robbery charges, a Chicago anti-crime advocacy group reported this week.
Late last month, prosecutors charged Malik Washington, 23, with attempted murder and attempted robbery offenses. DNA testing of a glove recovered on the Blue Line’s near-west-side platform linked him to a crime committed in December of 2023, police say.
Advocacy group CWBChicago posted Friday on X that Washington had been freed on felony charges at the time as part of the city’s relaxed bail requirements…