Tavon Baylock, the Chicago man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and then escaped to Iowa, has been found guilty of trying to kill two people while he was on the run in the Hawkeye State. A Dubuque County jury convicted Baylock, 25, of two counts of attempted murder, according to a report by Radio Dubuque. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Prosecutors said Baylock opened fire on two men outside a daycare center in Dubuque in June 2022 while he was on the run from Chicago authorities.
Baylock went viral in 2019 with a Facebook Live video that showed him playing with guns in a car and threatening to shoot a Chicago police officer who pulled up next to him in traffic. He eventually received a four-year sentence.
Not long after that case was resolved, a judge put him on electronic monitoring when prosecutors charged him with a new case alleging unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and obstruction of justice. On March 9, 2022, prosecutors say, Baylock cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared…