South Side man denied bond for December murder

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A 19-year-old man was denied bond after being charged with fatally shooting his 20-year-old friend during a dice game in late December in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

Thomas Porter shot Trevon Williams in the chest about 9 p.m. Dec. 23 about 9 p.m. inside a residence in the 7800 block of South Lowe, Chicago Police said in a statement.

Williams, of the 6400 block of South Lowe, was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:28 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Porter, of the 7300 block of South Paulina, was arrested without incident and charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said. He was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.

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