Man Wanted For Fatal Harvey Shooting In Custody
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 20-year-old man dubbed "Harvey's Most Wanted Criminal" was taken into custody Friday, charged with murder and attempted murder in a shooting that killed a teenager and wounded his mother.
Harvey police officers escorted Earl Truss into the Harvey police station in a perp walk, his hands cuffed behind his back. Truss frowned as he was led inside.
"It is a great burden off of our shoulders, as law enforcement, to have a person of this stature placed where he should be," Harvey Police Chief Denard Eaves said.
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On May 30, Truss allegedly shot and killed 17-year-old Juwan Benson, and critically wounded the teen's mother, LaShieka Coleman at a gas station near Wood Street and Sibley Boulevard. Witnesses said Benson had gotten into an argument with Truss at the entrance, and Truss later shot the teen from the doorway.
"I'm so happy. No amount of money, or anything, can replace this feeling that I feel right now; knowing that he is in custody," Coleman said. "It was a sense of peace. A weight has been lifted from me."
She was shot four times, and still has the bullet that killed her son lodged in her neck. Coleman said it serves as a constant reminder.
Police said civilian tips led investigators to Truss.
