WHY CHASE DAD AND SON?

Dad and son chased, shot at neighbors after spat: prosecutors

Father-and-son felons were each given $1 million bonds Saturday following a spat between neighbors that turned into a car chase and shooting that left a neighbor woman critically injured, authorities said. Fred Brown, 46, appeared next to his son, Calvin McClendon, 27, during a bond hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in connection to an early Friday morning shooting in the 10600 block of South State Street in the Roseland neighborhood. Each is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. Judge Donald Panarese Jr. handed down the high bonds after hearing that both father and son had multiple felony gun convictions. The charges come less than a month after McClendon was released from the Shawnee Correctional Center on parole for a 2015 charge of felon in possession of a firearm, after he served 418 days in custody as part of a three-year sentence, according to state records. The incident began after a quarrel between McClendon and the 41-year-old neighbor’s daughter, prosecutors said. After the exchange, both father and son went toward their neighbor’s home armed with handguns, threatening to “shoot it up,” Assistant State’s Attorney Sheila York told the court. —chicagotribune.com