Trial continues in 2021 execution-style murder of 71-year-old man in Chinatown

CHICAGO — The trial for the man accused of killing a grandfather during his daily walk in Chinatown could go to the jury Thursday.

Alphonso Joyner, accused in the 2021 execution-style murder of Woom Sing Tse.

The trial started Wednesday with prosecutors focusing on physical evidence. They say home security video shows Joyner approach the 71-year-old and shoot him multiple times. They also presented a nine-millimeter handgun investigators found in the man’s car.

Police pulled over Joyner and his silver blue Honda hatchback pulled over on the Kennedy Expressway within hours after the Chinatown shooting on the 200 block of W. 23rd. The coat and sweatpants recovered by police matched the clothing seen in neighborhood surveillance videos that captured the deadly attack, according to prosecutors.

Investigators say Joyner fired nearly two dozen shots at the victim, walked up to his 71-year-old victim, and shot him at close range, execution style. No word on what motivated the vicious attack, as it doesn’t appear to be robbery. First responders found the victim’s wallet untouched in his back pocket.  

Defense lawyers say all of the evidence is circumstantial and there are no witnesses to the actual shooting.