U of C graduate ‘minding his own business,’ tried to escape and struggled with suspect before being fatally shot, prosecutors said

On Nov. 9, at about 1:50 p.m., Zheng was walking home from campus “minding his own business,” in the 900 block of East 54th Place when he was confronted by Spann, who arrived in a stolen Ford Mustang, Asst. State’s Atty. Ashley Romito said in court.