The man who allegedly shot a retired Chicago restaurateur 22 times in what was described as a daylight “execution” was ordered held without bail Thursday.
Alphonso Joyner, 23, was denied bail when he appeared in court in the shooting death of Woom Sing Tse, 71, in the Chinatown neighborhood of the Windy City, NBC Chicago reported.
Judge Maryam Ahmad cited the “overwhelming” evidence that Joyner presented a “real and present threat and danger to the community.”
“The court can say, in summary, this was an execution that the people described,” she said, news station WTTW reported.
Prosecutors allege that Tse was walking to buy a newspaper a block from his home Tuesday afternoon when Joyner pulled up in a light blue Toyota sedan and fired shots without any warning.
As Tse tried to flee, the gunman fired again and struck him, prosecutors said.
He then allegedly got out of the vehicle and fired more shots as Tse was lying on the ground.
Joyner’s car was picked up by several Chicago police license plate readers both before and after the slaying, the outlet reported.
He was arrested the following day on charges that included murder and aggravated use of a deadly weapon, the outlet reported.
No motive has been determined for the frightening daytime attack.
“I cannot say why this happened … sometimes people just do evil people things,” Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.