A 28-year-old Chicago man has been formally charged following an April shooting that led to the death of a 52-year-old man in the city’s South Side. In an arrest made almost four months after the incident, Flomont Johnson is facing a felony count of first-degree murder, and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to details shared by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The confrontation occurred on April 30, around 7:15 a.m., on the 11200 block of South Normal Avenue, in the Roseland neighborhood. The Sun-Times reports that Johnson allegedly engaged in a verbal dispute with the victim, identified as Eric McMillen. The disagreement tragically escalated when Johnson purportedly proceeded to shoot McMillen in the chest and abdomen. McMillen, hailing from the South Chicago neighborhood, was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 8:14 a.m. the same morning.
Johnson was apprehended by Chicago police at O'Hare Airport. He was found on the 10000 block of West O'Hare Street on the evening of Friday, as detailed by the FOX 32 Chicago coverage of the arrest. This event, described by police as appearing to be domestic-related, cut short what was, presumably, an attempt by Johnson to flee from the consequences of the fateful April day.
