A man accused of disguising himself in a woman’s coat and fatally shooting a 46-year-old man on a West Side porch last month has been detained pending trial.
Tyron Mars, 20, is charged with first-degree murder in the June 25 killing of 46-year-old Dillard Florence in the 1200 block of South Springfield Avenue. He also faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
According to a detention petition filed by Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Kleist, Mars had recently returned to Chicago from Olney, Illinois, where he had been living with his partner and their child. After a domestic incident on or around June 13, the partner moved out and returned to Chicago. Mars followed a few days later and was suspected—but not charged—in connection with the theft of a neighbor’s 9mm handgun before leaving Olney, Kleist said…