$250K bond for teen charged with fatal Bridgeport shooting

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy Friday morning in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood.

Anthony Mendoza, 17, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 16-year-old Christian Bandemer, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

Bandemer was shot in the chest about 11:35 a.m. Friday in the 3500 block of South Parnell, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Bandemer, who lived in the 900 block of West 36th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:59 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy Saturday ruled his death a homicide.

Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Mendoza held on a $250,000 bond in court Sunday. He is next scheduled to appear in court June 24.