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Man charged in the shooting death of a judge in Chicago

An investigator opens the door of a vehicle outside a home on the South Side of Chicago, Monday morning, April 10, 2017, after Cook County Circuit Court Raymond Myles was shot to death outside his home. Myles was an associate judge in the court's criminal division. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)
An investigator opens the door of a vehicle outside a home on the South Side of Chicago, Monday morning, April 10, 2017, after Cook County Circuit Court Raymond Myles was shot to death outside his home. Myles was an associate judge in the court's criminal division. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP) An investigator opens the door of a vehicle outside a home on the South Side of Chicago, Monday morning, April 10, 2017, after Cook County Circuit Court Raymond Myles was shot to death outside his home. Myles was an associate judge in the court's criminal division. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

By Associated Press 2 min read

CHICAGO (AP) – A man was charged Wednesday in the killing of a criminal court judge who was shot to death outside his Chicago home after a woman he knew was wounded by gunfire.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet that Joshua Smith, 37, was charged in the fatal Monday shooting of Associate Cook County Circuit Judge Raymond Myles. No details were immediately released on what led police to Smith.

Guglielmi said earlier that investigators were “questioning individuals” in the case who were “people of interest.” He declined to specify how many.

More details were expected to be released at a news conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Myles, 66, was shot early Monday outside his South Side Chicago home. The woman he knew had already been shot and police have said Myles exchanged words with the attacker and then was shot, too.