DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today, Thursday, February 13, 2025 that Judge Joseph Bugos has found Reco Murry, age 27, formerly of the block of 1800 Ontarioville Road, guilty of shooting at a female motorist in the summer of 2022. Judge Bugos rendered his verdict this morning following a two-day-long bench trial which concluded on January 20, 2025. On August 22, 2022, Murry appeared in Bond Court in front of Judge Margaret O’Connell who denied bond. He has been held in custody at the DuPage County Jail since that time. In all, Judge Bugos found Murry guilty of two counts of Attempt Murder (Class X Felony) and two counts of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (Class 1 Felony).
The victim was in her vehicle stopped at a red light at Lake Street and Ontarioville Road in Hanover Park, on August 21, 2022, at approximately 2:30 a.m., when Murry pulled up behind her. When the light turned green, Murry immediately began honking at the victim and tailgated her. The victim pulled over to let Murry pass. Shortly after passing the victim, Murry stopped, at which time the victim attempted to continue driving past Murry. As the victim attempted to pass Murry, the two vehicles were involved in a minor traffic crash. When the victim stepped out of her car to exchange information, Murry began yelling at her, pulled out a handgun and fired two shots at her. The victim ran back to her car and drove away with Murry following her. Murry caught up to the victim at a red light at the intersection of County Farm Road and Lake Street and fired four more rounds at the victim’s vehicle. The victim then drove to the Hanover Park Police Department and circled the parking lot with Murry still following her.
At this point, police officers with the Hanover Park Police Department took Murry into custody. Through the course of their investigation officers found a 9mm Taurus handgun from under the driver’s seat of Murry’s vehicle. Authorities also recovered a total of six shell casings from the two locations as well as five bullet cartridges from the victim’s vehicle. Additionally, the victim’s vehicle was found to have multiple bullet holes and a shattered passenger side window. The victim was uninjured.
“Road rage can escalate in just a matter of seconds. The fact that Mr. Murry not only opened fire on an innocent woman whom he had never even met before due to a minor traffic altercation but then continued to follow her and then again opened fire as she waited at a red light is outrageous. Judge Bugos’ guilty finding once again sends the message that in DuPage County, we will not stand for this type of violent, unprovoked behavior and anyone who exhibits this type of criminal behavior will be held accountable for their actions. I thank the Hanover Park Police Department for their work which allowed my office to build a strong prosecution resulting in today’s guilty finding. I also thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Mike Fisher and Nicole Wilkes-English for their outstanding work that led to today’s guilty finding.”
— DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin
Murry’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 31, 2025, for return of the Pre-sentence Report. Reco Murry faces a penalty of between twenty-six to fifty years in the Illinois Department of corrections to be served at 85%.
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