Calumet City man arrested and charged with murder of 40-year-old woman early Saturday morning in Fuller Park, police say

CHICAGO — A Calumet City man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 40-year-woman, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Odeal G. Curley, while she was getting off a private bus early Saturday morning in Fuller Park on the city’s South Side.

Chicago police announced Tuesday that Demar King, 35, has been charged with three felony counts, including one of first-degree murder, along with four misdemeanors and various traffic citations.

According to police, King was identified as the offender in the fatal shooting, and several hours later police located him driving in traffic. Police say King attempted to flee, but with the assistance of Illinois State Police, officers apprehended King around 3 p.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of South Union Avenue, on the Lower West Side.

King was subsequently charged and was due for an initial court hearing Tuesday.

Police say the fatal shooting happened around 12:40 a.m. Saturday in the 5400 block of South Shields Avenue. A 40-year-old woman, later identified as Curley, was getting off a private bus when a suspect pulled out a gun from within the bus and fired shots at her, hitting her in the right thigh, according to investigators.

Police said paramedics with the Chicago Fire Department treated Curley at the scene before taking her to University of Chicago Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.