A 22-year-old man has been detained on attempted murder charges after prosecutors said surveillance footage, cellular data, and ballistics testing tied him to the March 30 shooting near the Magnificent Mile that left two bystanders injured, including a woman struck in the thigh by a bullet.
Jesus Abu Bakr was taken into custody in Grundy County and ordered detained by Cook County Judge Deidre Dyer on charges that include two counts of attempted murder, aggravated battery by discharging a firearm, and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm.
According to prosecutors, CPD surveillance cameras captured Abu Bakr’s gray 2018 BMW near the intersection of Chicago and Wabash avenues at about 9:21 p.m. on March 30. A man driving a red Dodge Charger pulled alongside the BMW, stopped for a few seconds, then drove away with the BMW following behind. As the two cars passed a tavern on Chicago Avenue, Abu Bakr extended a handgun out his driver’s side window and fired multiple shots at the Charger. Someone in another car opened fire on the Charger, too, prosecutors said…