Attorney for man charged with Bronzeville slaying claims it was self-defense
Sun-Times file A defense attorney for a man facing a murder charge in connection with a Bronzeville shooting told a Cook County judge Thursday the killing was done in self-defense. Prosecutors disagreed, saying 22-year-old Justen Jackson came up behind the victim, Marki Alsup, and shot him in the head. “I don’t see how that could be construed as self-defense,” Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy told Judge Susana Ortiz at the hearing. Shortly before the shooting, Jackson’s uncle called him to Alsup’s girlfriend’s birthday party, prosecutors said. Inside, Jackson was greeted ...
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