Chicago police: Man charged in judge’s death, robbery motive
CHICAGO — Robbery was the motive that led to the fatal shooting of a criminal court judge outside his Chicago home, police said Wednesday.
Joshua Smith, 37, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and obstruction in the death of Associate Cook County Circuit Judge Raymond Myles, said Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples.
A 52-year-old woman that the judge knew also was shot in the incident early Monday on the city’s South Side. She survived. Her name has not been released because police say she is a witness in the killing.
Staples said Wednesday that Smith did not act alone and that the investigation is ongoing. She said the gun in the shooting was also used in an armed robbery in January that left that victim wounded.