ROSELAND — Charges could be filed in the slaying of Cook County Judge Raymond Myles as soon as Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday at an unrelated news conference, First Deputy Supt. Kevin Navarro told reporters the public could expect charges within 24 hours. Several suspects are in custody, Navarro said, and police recovered a car linked to the Roseland slaying Tuesday night.
"The detectives continue to work diligently and tirelessly around the clock on this case," Navarro said. "They're making some great progress."
Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi added that detectives are "getting close" and "interrogations are going on as we speak."
Earlier this week, Guglielmi said via Twitter that "persons of interest" had been identified.
In murder of Judge Myles, CPD making considerable progress. Evidence & video collected, poss persons of interest being ID'd for questioning.
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) April 11, 2017
Detectives said Monday they were investigating the crime as a possible botched robbery of the 66-year-old judge and a 52-year-old woman just before 5 a.m. behind Myles' two-story brick home home in the 9400 block of South Forest Avenue.
Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Melissa Staples said Monday investigators were reviewing video from multiple cameras in the area, both public and private. The judge reportedly had a surveillance system watching his property.
Police said the woman left the house that borders an alley and encountered the gunman first. The two exchanged words, and he shot her in her leg, police said. The judge heard gunfire and went out to investigate, where he also exchanged words with the gunman before he was shot at least four times, police said.
The slaying happened on a large cement parking pad between the judge's home and his garage.
The shooter ran away, police said, though it's possible he fled to a getaway car nearby.
The woman called 911, and officers found her and Myles outside the house at 4:51 a.m.
Myles was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The woman was taken to Christ in serious condition.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel called Myles "a distinguished public servant and pillar of the community" and said police were working to determine what led to his "senseless" killing.
"Judge Raymond Myles was a well-respected and long-serving jurist, and we mourn his tragic loss," Emanuel said.
The judge was a described as demanding but fair by court personnel.
