Crime & Safety
Markham Teen Charged With Murder in 7-Eleven Shooting
Christopher J. Dyson, 18, also faces an armed robbery charge connected to Thursday's shooting that left a Tinley Park man dead. He is being held without bail.
Christopher J. Dyson, 18, of Markham, was charged Saturday with murder and armed robbery in connection with Thursday's fatal shooting in a Tinley Park 7-Eleven parking lot, according to a Village of Tinley Park press release.
He is being held without bail, and his next court date will be Tuesday, March 26, at the Bridgeview courthouse, a village spokesman said Saturday. The case is still under investigation, according to the press release.
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Dyson tried to rob Thomas Mastro, 24, outside the convenience store before pulling a gun, shooting Mastro in the chest and then fleeing the scene north on Oak Park Avenue, police said. He was captured around 147th and Oak Park Avenue in Oak Forest after a 45-minute manhunt by Tinley Park and Oak Forest police, joined by other area law enforcement agencies.
Mastro, of Tinley Park, was shot in the chest. He was taken to Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, where he died of the gunshot wounds, the release stated.
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His parents live in Oak Lawn. Mastro would've turned 25 on March 26, according to public records.
A man who identified himself as Mastro's brother didn't want to talk about the incident when a Patch reporter spoke to him Friday.
Dyson and Mastro met at the 7-Eleven to trade electronics after Dyson responded to Mastro's ad on Craigslist, according to a report of Dyson's bond hearing in the Chicago Tribune. Dyson was to trade his iPhone for a Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita from Mastro, the report continued.
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A video of the parking lot shows Dyson putting a box in his Mercedes, the report stated. Mastro then tries to take it back, and the two fight over it, the report added. That's when Mastro was shot, the report stated.
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