A man who skipped court in a gun case fatally shot another man before authorities caught up with him four months later, officials now say.
Keyante Campbell, 20, was found shot in a car in the 7200 block of South Sangamon Street on April 13, 2024 around 7 p.m. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Campbell’s mother, Courtney Watson, described the chaos in a GoFundMe campaign made before her son died.
“Literally five minutes from home he was shot in the head,” Watson wrote. “Thanks to the ShotSpotter, CPD found my son in the middle of the street, slumped over the center console of our family car, while our car was still running.”
“Once he reached the hospital, he fainted and was brought back, but then fell into a coma, which resulted in him being placed on a ventilator as he could not breathe on his own,” she wrote. Campbell died days after the shooting.
Court records show prosecutors have now charged 20-year-old Shontrell Moon with Campbell’s murder.
The shooting occurred three months after Moon skipped court on a weapons offense charge, records show. A judge had issued a warrant for his arrest in January 2024 after he failed to appear in that case. Police picked him up again about a month after Campbell was shot, when officers allegedly found him illegally in possession of another firearm, this time a rifle, according to a Chicago police report.
Moon pleaded guilty in both gun cases in March and received consecutive prison sentences of two and five years by Judge Charles Burns, court records show. He is expected to be released on parole in August 2027.
Moon is the 39th person accused of killing or attempting to kill someone in Chicago in 2024 while in police custody. These cases involved 42 victims, including 11 who died. Ten of the attempted murder victims in 2024 were Chicago police officers.
The series ‘not terrible’
This report continues our coverage of individuals accused of killing, shooting or attempting to kill or shoot others while released into custody on a felony charge. CWBChicago began our series of reports in November 2019 after then-Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans publicly stated“There have been no terrible incidents” under the court’s bond reform initiative.
The actual number of murders and shootings committed by people awaiting trial on felony charges is undoubtedly much higher than the figures seen here. According to city data, CPD has reported fewer than 5% of non-fatal shootings and 33% of homicides since 2017. You can see all the ‘not terrible’ stories here.
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