Prosecutors say a Des Plaines woman shot and killed her boyfriend’s ex and then fist-bumped him as the victim lay dying in front of their child’s South Loop school in September.
Those allegations emerged Thursday during a detention hearing for 31-year-old Quadaja Johnson at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. After reviewing the case, Judge James Costello ordered Johnson detained pending trial.
The shooting claimed the life of 31-year-old Romeca Meeks-Blackmon shortly after 9 a.m. on September 8 in the first block of West Cermak Road. Prosecutors said Meeks-Blackmon had just dropped off her 6-year-old son at the school when Johnson arrived in a nearby vehicle with her own 6-month-old child and her boyfriend, who is also the father of Meeks-Blackmon’s son.
An argument between the women erupted within moments. The confrontation escalated into a physical struggle, and the man tried to separate them, prosecutors said. Johnson, who has a concealed carry license, allegedly returned to her vehicle, grabbed a handgun, and fired multiple rounds at Meeks-Blackmon…