A man has been charged with the murder of the leader of a Chicago area violence prevention leader on Halloween in south suburban Chicago Heights.
Alex D. Morris, 54, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 57-year-old Andre M. Thomas.
Chicago Heights police said, around 9:24 p.m. on Oct. 31, officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the 400 block of West 14th Street found Thomas, who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators later identified Morris as the gunman. He was arrested in Chicago on Friday. He is due to appear in court on Tuesday in south suburban Markham…