Despite the ruse, prosecutors eventually charged 25-year-old Josalyn Fowler in the April 16 death of Kevin Patel. A Cook County judge called the slaying "an incredibly violent offense, and random."

Josalyn Fowler, 25, called 911 after the fatal shooting, but it was a ploy to misdirect investigators, prosecutors said.

The woman charged with murder in the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in Lincoln Park last week called 911 to try to throw police off her trail, prosecutors said.