Cook County Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered Marquis Dixon held without bail Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the May 22, 2021 shooting of Jerry Thornton.
A 22-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting his cousin last year in Austin. Cook County Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered Quinton Dixon held without bail Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting last May 22 of Jerry Thornton. Multiple surveillance cameras and license plate readers recorded a red Ford Fusion registered to Dixon following Thornton,27, that night as he drove a rented Nissan Altima west on Interstate 290 and then got off at the Austin Boulevard exit.
