By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Rehomore Spivey | Chicago Police
A Chatham man accused of shooting his girlfriend’s cousin Michael M. Gipson to death after beating her after a party at their apartment was called "dangerous" by the judge who ordered him held without bond.
Assistant State’s Attorney Bryan Grissman didn’t say whether 40-year-old Gipson was trying to break up the fight, but said the woman’s daughter and aunt, who lived on the building’s first floor, tried to intervene before the shots were fired Nov. 20.
Earlier that morning, Rehomore Spivey left a party that he and his girlfriend were hosting because he thought a guest was cheating in a card game.
He left the gathering after arguing with the others, but eventually returned and sulked in his room until 3 a.m., Grissman said.
Michael M. Gipson | Facebook
When Spivey emerged, he picked a fight with his girlfriend because someone he didn’t like showed up at the bash in the 7800 block of South Michigan, Grissman said.
Spivey allegedly knocked his girlfriend to the ground, got on top of her, and started hitting her in their second-floor apartment.
That’s when her female relatives tried to separate the couple, Grissman said.
Soon, Spivey, 32, started arguing with Gipson, who lived on the building’s first floor, Grissman said.
During, the argument, Spivey took out a gun and shot Gipson, Grissman said. Gipson fell, then Spivey stood over Gipson and fired one more time before fleeing the apartment with his girlfriend’s car keys.
As Spivey drove away with his girlfriend’s van, an unknown man came out of the building and shot at his vehicle, Grissman said.
Gipson died from a gunshot wound to his chest.
Spivey’s girlfriend, and her aunt and daughter all identified Spivey as Gipson’s shooter, Grissman said.
Another witness saw Spivey fleeing from the apartment after hearing gunshots that morning, Grissman said.
Spivey was on parole at the time for a 2012 burglary.
“You are dangerous, and you are a flight risk,” Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. told Spivey before ordering him held without bond Thursday.