The man whose home Xavier Tate Jr. was found in when he was arrested for the murder of CPD Ofc. Luis Huesca is also facing felony charges.
Malik Murphy is charged in DuPage County with felony concealing or aiding a fugitive. He appeared in court Friday and is free on pretrial release.
ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch
His neighbor said she had no idea perhaps the most wanted man in the Chicago aera was on the other side of her wall. She described Murphy as pleasant and courteous.
“I was just shocked because he wasn’t, you know, Malik wasn’t really the type of guy that I would expect to be in this type of sort of serious situation,” Baylor Esposito said.
Esposito lives next door to Murphy in the Ellyn Crossing Apartments, where Xavier Tate, Jr. was arrested Wednesday night.
READ MORE: CPD Officer Luis Huesca shot 10 times, prosecutors say, as murder suspect appears in court
Authorities have declined to say how Tate Jr. and Murphy knew each other, or what led to police and U.S. Marshals to Glendale Heights.