Chicago crime: Suspect charged months after shooting death of mother, prosecutors say

The Brief

  • A woman was charged with attempted murder months after the shooting death of a mother on the South Loop.
  • Quadajah “Holly” Johnson is accused in the shooting death of Romeca Blackmon, prosecutors say.

CHICAGO A woman was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 31-year-old mother shortly after dropping her son off at school in the South Loop earlier this year.

Quadajah “Holly” Johnson is accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street.

Fox 32’s Tia Ewing reports that the two women share children with the same man, who was also at the scene of the shooting. Johnson was initially taken into custody but then released shortly afterwards.

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