By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Anthony Sanders | Chicago Police
A reputed drug dealer was jailed on a $1 million bond Tuesday, charged with the 2015 Christmas Day murder of Angelo Frazier during an argument over turf sales in Englewood, according to prosecutors.
Anthony Sanders, who goes by the street name “Ant,” was arrested Sunday at his home in south suburban Harvey, according to a police report.
Cook County prosecutors did not say in court why it took almost 18 months to apprehend him, but Sanders’ attorney told Judge Donald Panarese Jr. the delay was “curious.”
Sanders and Frazier were selling drugs out of another person’s apartment in the 700 block of West 71st when they started bickering over a set of keys to the unit, Assistant State’s Attorney Ed Murillo said. The Dec. 25, 2015, argument was also over who was going to sell drugs there, Assistant State’s Attorney Ed Murillo said.
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During this time, the resident of the apartment went to the bathroom and heard the pair continue arguing, Murillo said.
Frazier, 20, told Sanders he would knock him out and wanted to fight him as they kept at it, Murillo said. Then a gunshot went off.
The resident of the apartment exited the bathroom to find that both Frazier and Sanders had fled, Murillo said.
The resident looked out the window and saw Frazier limping toward the back gate, saying several times he had been shot by Sanders, Murillo said.
Frazier kept running westbound on 71st Street, and someone who knew both Frazier and Sanders heard him identify Sanders as his shooter, Murillo said.
Frazier, of University Park, collapsed at a strip mall in the 7000 block of South Halsted. Before he fell down, two other people helped him, and he told at least one of them that Sanders was the gunman, Murillo said.
Sanders, now 21, was identified by a few witnesses, including the resident of the apartment, who saw him with a gun earlier that day, Murillo said.
Sanders has a pending delivery of a controlled substance case and a previous conviction for armed robbery.