Nov 29, 2007 9:55 am US/Central
Teen Charged In Robberies On Day Of U Of C Murder
Suspect Has Not Been Charged In Slaying Of Amadou Cisse
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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Amadou Cisse was shot and killed early Monday morning near the campus of the University of Chicago.
A second teen has been charged in the robbery and attempted shooting that happened near the University of Chicago campus on the same day graduate student Amadou Cisse was shot dead.
Demetrius Warren, 17, of Chicago, was charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of aggravated discharge of a weapon. Warren has not been charged in Cisse's slaying.
The charges were connected to two incidents on or near campus within an hour of the time Cisse was killed on Nov. 19. In one case, someone fired a shot at a male U. of C. employee about two blocks from the murder scene, in the other case, two female students were robbed closer to the main quadrangle of the campus.
On Wednesday, Eric Walker, 16, of Chicago, was denied bond on charges of first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm, and three counts of armed robbery with a firearm, in Cisse's murder, as well as the robberies.
Police said the suspects were after money, and when they couldn't get any from Cisse they allegedly shot him in the chest in the early morning Nov. 19 near his off-campus apartment in the Woodlawn neighborhood near 61st Street and Ellis Avenue.
Detectives identified several suspects. The said Walker admitted in a videotaped confession that he drove the getaway car in the murder of Cisse.
In response to the crime, university officials have taken extra security precautions. First, the university police have increased patrols on campus and in the surrounding neighborhood. They have dispatched 50 percent more U. of C. police patrols between 4 p.m. and midnight, and have doubled the number of patrols after midnight. More bicycle patrols have also been added, according to a letter to the university community from President Robert Zimmer.
The university has also set up a police substation at 61st and Drexel Avenue, which will be manned 24 hours a day. It opened Wednesday, and will remain in operation until May, when a new U. of C. Police Headquarters opens on the site, U. of C. Vice President of Community and Government Affairs Henry Webber.
Two new vans have also been added to the SafeRide late night van service, which transports students for free, the letter said. Hours for the van have expanded, and efforts are underway to start it at dusk.
A memorial service will be held for Cisse Friday at 3 p.m. at Bond Chapel, at 1050 E. 59th St. on the U. of C. campus.
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