CHICAGO — Twice in recent weeks, prosecutors have asked judges to detain drivers accused of firing guns during traffic altercations in Chicago. Both times, the judges rejected the requests and sent the accused drivers home on ankle monitors.
In one case, police responded to calls of shots fired and met with a 36-year-old man who said another driver opened fire on his car in the 9400 block of South Ashland.
Prosecutors said in a detention petition that the victim cut in front of Kevin Reynoso, 23, due to an upcoming lane closure around 9:50 a.m. on January 24. The man returned to his lane, but Reynoso pulled alongside him and fired five shots at his car, the petition said. Investigators allegedly found five bullet marks on the victim’s Ford Fusion…