CPD – Charge Release – Offender Charged with Aggravated Battery of 46-Year-Old Male

For Immediate Release                                                                          Contact: Office of Communications

May 21, 2026                                                                                                                              312-745-6110

            Offender:      Melique Cannon, 23

                                    3500 block of Emerson St.

                                    Franklin Park, Illinois

Charge:         One (1) felony count – Aggravated Battery/Discharge Firearm

Court:            Detention Hearing – 2600 S. California – May 21, 2026

Narrative:     The above offender was arrested by members of the Chicago Police Department on May 19, 2026, at 3:05 p.m. in the 100 block of S. Tenth Ave. in Maywood, Illinois. He was identified as the offender who, approximately one hour earlier, shot and seriously injured a 46-year-old male victim in the 3700 block of W. Chicago Ave. (11th District). The offender was quickly placed in custody and subsequently charged accordingly. No additional information is available at this time.