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ROGERS PARK — A man has been charged with murder in the killing of a Northwestern graduate student who had just moved to Chicago, police said.
Diante Speed, 20, was arrested on Tuesday near the 2400 block of West Belmont Avenue, police said.
Credit: ProvidedSpeed was identified as the person who fired multiple shots on September 2, 2018, near the 7500 block of North Clark Street, killing a man.
The 25-year-old man who was killed was Shane Colombo. He had only just arrived in Chicago on the day he was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between Speed and another man.
Colombo suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead after being taken to Presence Saint Francis Hospital.
Thanks to an anonymous donor, a $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to the capture of the shooter.
Colombo’s mother, Tonya Colombo, and community activist Andrew Holmes both contributed $1,000 in January, bringing the total reward to $12,000.
Credit: Jonathan Ballew/Block Club Chicago“Whatever we have to do to catch these individuals, we are planning on doing,” said T. Colombo at a January press conference.
