Caschaus Tate, 20, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by a Cook County judge after being arrested Friday for allegedly trying to dispose of Officer Luis Huesca’s stolen gun.
Prosecutors say members of the Great Lakes Regional Task Force and the Chicago Police Department’s investigative team went to a home near 108th Street and South Hale to talk to a woman about the murder .
Tate, they said, opened the door and told officers to wait because his girlfriend was naked in a back room.
Another officer then observed Tate climb out of the back window and use a lawn chair to throw an object over the fence. The object was Huesca’s gun, which prosecutors said had all but two digits on its serial number scratched off.
Near the lawn chair, prosecutors said, they found the magazine.
Tate is described as an associate of Xavier Tate, Jr., the man accused of Huesca’s murder.
Police said he could be seen on numerous surveillance videos from stores near the home in Gage Park, Huesca.
The FBI now puts Tate Jr. on its most wanted list and has released a poster describing him and noting a tattoo on the right side of his neck of the word “majesty” under a crown and additional tattoos on his chest and his body.
The poster says he has connections or could visit Olympia Fields, Champaign and Decatur.
He is considered armed and dangerous.
The Fraternal Order of Police and a number of other organizations are offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction.
Caschous Tate is due back in court on May 15.
NBC Chicago
