'You Deserve It,' Alleged Shooter Yells At Murder Victim's Burial

EVERGREEN PARK, IL -- As friends and family gathered Wednesday around the gravesite of a man gunned down in his Palos Heights home last week, a man came up and fired a single gunshot into the grave, prosecutors said. Elston Stevenson, 56, appeared in holiday bond court on charges of unlawful use of a weapon by felon and aggravated discharge of a firearm. He is being held on $50,000 bail.

Friends and family had gathered at Evergreen Cemetery on Wednesday at a service for 39-year-old Murad Talib, who was shot to death in his home on Nov. 20. Some of the mourners noticed a man, later identified as Stevenson, encroaching upon the gathering, according to Chicago Tribune reports. Stevenson allegedly drew a gun and fired a single shot into the grave, shouting, “You deserved it!” No one was hit by gunfire.

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Mourners tried to stop Stevenson from getting away, but he was picked up by Evergreen Park police, prosecutors said. As darkness came late Wednesday afternoon, officers and police K9s were seen searching the cemetery, where police recovered a .32 caliber revolver with a spent cartridge. It’s not known if Stevenson and Talib knew each other, prosecutors said.

Evergreen Park police also arrested a second person, according to a news release from Wednesday. The second person was not mentioned during Stevenson’s bond hearing, the Chicago Tribune reported. Stevenson’s next court appearance is Nov. 28 in Bridgeview.

Talib’s murder is being investigated by Palos Heights police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force. Police think Talib may have been gunned down by someone he knew. No one has been charged in the fatal shooting. Palos Heights police told a concerned citizen they would post an update on Facebook when an arrest is made.

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