Third man charged in 2014 murder of 17-year-old in Austin

A third man has been charged with the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy in the West Side Austin neighborhood in 2014.

Tyren Reese, 23, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Demond Avant on Dec. 2, 2014, according to Chicago Police.

About 9:25 p.m. that day, Avant was standing on the sidewalk in the 600 block of North Mayfield when someone got out of a nearby van and opened fire, striking him in the head, police said at the time.

Avant, of the 1000 block of North Monitor, was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead at 10:10 p.m., authorities said.

Reese was arrested Monday afternoon in the 4000 block of West Polk, police said.

Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered Reese held on a $1 million in bond court Wednesday. He is next scheduled to appear in court Aug. 1.

Two other men, 27-year-old Paris Jones and 36-year-old Kenyon Jones, were charged with Avant’s murder in the days following the shooting. Both are next scheduled to appear in court Aug. 9.