Shomari Legghette is a career criminal residing in Chicago, Illinois. ^{[0] [2] [1] [3]}

Legghette has previously been charged with possession of a controlled substance, armed robbery and possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number as far back as 1996. ^{[2] [1] [3]}

He was also charged in 2007 with unlawful use of body armor, unlawful use of a weapon and drug possession. ^{[2] [1] [3]}

On February 14, 2018, Legghette was charged with murder and armed violence in the shooting death of Paul Bauer in a stairwell at the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago Tuesday, February 13, 2018. ^{[3] [2]}

Legghette was wearing body armor and used a semi-automatic handgun with an extended 30-round magazine in the shooting Commander Bauer. ^{[3] [2]}