Kamron Taylor Captured - After nearly three days on the run, Chicago police officers arrested convicted murderer Kamron T. Taylor Friday night around 9 p.m. near 92nd and Stoney Island Avenue on the city's South Side. Taylor escaped from an eastern Illinois jail and was captured by Chicago Police officers responding to a call about a suspicious person in the area.
Two 4th District police officers had Kamron Taylor captured. They arrested the 23-year-old and found a stainless steel Taurus 38-caliber revolver "loaded with five live rounds" in his left hand, according to court documents.
"We had no idea initially who he was, but happy to be able to do our job and find out who he was," said Officer Montilla Oberrian from the Chicago Police Department.
After Kamron Taylor was captured, he reportedly refused to identify himself and just said his name was Tryeon Smith of Joliet, an alias he has been known to use. However, the two officers found that he fit the description of the escaped murderer and soon they got in touch with the sheriff's office. Taylor was later positively identified through his tattoos and fingerprints, according to ABC 7 Chicago.
On Saturday, Kankakee County Sheriff Timothy Bukowski told reporters that Taylor's neck tattoo had helped to identify him.
"I hope that he is permanently removed from the streets, that he is put into the Illinois Department of Corrections," said Kankakee County Sheriff Tim Bukowski with after Kamron Taylor captured.
The convicted convict's aunt, Tonya Grant, 50, of Kankakee, was once a guard at the jail where Taylor escaped. She is now reportedly facing charges on suspicion of giving his nephew information which ultimately helped him escape. Since Kamron Taylor was captured, Grant had been charged with obstructing justice and aiding in escape. A judge had set bond for her at $150,000.
Taylor escaped from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee before dawn Wednesday after beating and choking a veteran corrections officer unconscious. He also stole his uniform and drove off in the officer's SUV. He had been on the run since early Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.
According to authorities, Taylor didn't return to his cell during lockdown, and this went unnoticed by corrections officers at the jail.
The corrections officer who Taylor beat up is a 10-year veteran at the detention center. He had reportedly been on shift since 11 p.m. the night before. Since Taylor's beating and capture, his condition is improving, according to sheriff's officials Saturday. They declined to provide any more information.
Kamron Taylor was captured first and jailed at Jerome Combs, pending sentencing a 2013 murder conviction. He was scheduled to be sentenced in May for killing Nelson Williams Jr., 21, during a robbery attempt in June 2013. He is facing a sentence of 45 years to life for the murder.
There will be no bail for Taylor. Despite Kamron Taylor's capture, he reportedly appeared confident before Cook County Judge James Brown Saturday. He swaggered into court handcuffed and wearing the black-and-white striped Department of Corrections jumpsuit. He reportedly kept looking back at the gallery several times while prosecutors laid out the charges.
In addition to felony charges awaiting him in Kankakee County, including attempted murder and escape, Taylor is facing multiple criminal charges after being found with the loaded handgun during his capture Friday night, reports the Chicago Tribune.
With Kamron Taylor captured, according to authorities, he could be transferred back downstate in the next few days. It is possible his transfer would be sometime this weekend.
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