Paroled Felon Held in Prison Official’s Death
Associated Press
CHICAGO —
An ex-convict on parole was charged Saturday with murdering a prison official outside a tavern, police said.
Steven Smith, 37, of Chicago, was ordered held on $100,000 bond in the shooting death of Virdeen Willis Jr., an assistant warden of the Pontiac Correctional Center, authorities said. Smith served time at Stateville Correctional Center on a murder conviction while Willis worked there.
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