Already facing charges for allegedly shooting a man in Humboldt Park earlier this year, Tyler Crider, 25, is now accused of murdering a man in the same area in September 2024 while on felony release. Crider is the 38th individual in Chicago this year to be charged with killing or attempting to kill someone while on felony pretrial release. These incidents involve 55 victims, with 17 fatalities.
On September 25, 2024, around 9 p.m., Abdelhadi Jafry, 26, was with his brother and four friends waiting for a food order on the 3400 block of West Le Moyne Street. A black Jeep approached them, and gunmen fired from the vehicle’s driver and passenger windows, hitting Jafry. The others were unharmed.
A witness in a nearby car reportedly made eye contact with the driver and saw him shoot Jafry, as noted by prosecutors in a detention filing. After the Jeep left, the witness, a recent nursing school graduate, called 911 and attempted to save Jafry, who later succumbed to his injuries.
Police recovered eight .40-caliber and four .45-caliber casings at the scene. Prosecutors state that the casings were linked to the same two firearms used in another shooting two days later.
Surveillance footage captured the stolen Jeep in the vicinity before and after the murder, with stolen license plates attached.
On October 1, six days after Jafry’s murder, Crider was arrested in connection with a stolen vehicle case. He was driving a Jeep matching the description of the one used in the murder, though it had different stolen plates. Prosecutors said the Jeep was stolen four days before the murder.
Detectives executed a search warrant on Crider’s phone, revealing it was near the murder scene at the time of the incident, and its movements matched the Jeep’s path seen in the video, according to prosecutors.
Based on this evidence, detectives included Crider’s picture in a photo lineup. The woman who recently graduated from nursing school identified Crider as the driver and shooter. At the time of Jafry’s murder and his arrest for the stolen Jeep, Crider was on pretrial release for a cannabis-related charge.
Earlier this year, on February 27, Crider was arrested again after Chicago police observed him on a live surveillance feed taking cover behind a parked car in the 1400 block of North Washtenaw, drawing a gun, and firing at a nearby vehicle, prosecutors stated in another detention filing.
Crider and an accomplice then fled in a black Mercedes. Officers stopped the car, but Crider escaped on foot. He was later arrested when he returned to the scene. A victim arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, as noted in the detention petition.
At the time of this year’s shooting, Crider was on parole for a stolen motor vehicle conviction. His parole has since been revoked, and he is back in prison.
Crider’s criminal history includes convictions for stolen vehicles and cannabis-related charges, as well as gun possession convictions from 2020 and 2021.
Judge Shauna Boliker ordered Crider to be held on a first-degree murder charge related to Jafry’s death. He has not been charged for the shooting that happened six days after Jafry’s murder. Prosecutors have charged him with reckless discharge of a firearm and possession of a firearm by a repeat felon for this year’s shooting.
The ānot horribleā series
This article is part of our ongoing coverage of individuals accused of violent crimes while on pretrial release for a felony. CWBChicago began this series in November 2019 following comments by then-Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, who stated, āWe havenāt had any horrible incidents occurā under the courtās bond reform initiative.
The actual number of violent crimes committed by individuals awaiting trial on felony charges is likely higher than reported here. Since 2017, CPD has filed charges in fewer than 5% of non-fatal shootings and 33% of murders, according to city data. You can read more ānot horribleā stories here.
