By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 8 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, including three teenage boys—two of them 15 and one 17.
Fifteen-year-old Kiyon Evans was shot to death Friday afternoon in Austin. Police discovered the boy’s body in a rear yard in the 4900 block of West Congress at about 12:45 p.m., according to Chicago Police.
Evans suffered gunshot wounds to the legs and torso, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Evans, who lived in the 700 block of East 50th Place, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Another 15-year-old, Davion Funches, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in Chicago Lawn.
Officers found the boy unresponsive on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest at 4:38 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Rockwell.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:18 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in East Garfield Park early Saturday, police said.
About 4:10 a.m., Eric Garth was a passenger in a vehicle in the 3900 block of West Ferdinand when someone walked up and shot him in the neck and face, police said. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The week’s final homicide occurred early Sunday in Washington Park, where Kevin Hughes was killed and two other people injured.
The three men, 24, 35 and 40, were sitting in a parked vehicle in the 5400 block of South Prairie about 4:20 a.m. Oct. 11 when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, according to police.
Hughes, 35, was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
The 40-year-old was shot in the back, and the 24-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head, police said.
A man was fatally shot at a party in Austin early Saturday. Alston Ronnie McNeal, 33, was at a party on his block in the 1100 block of North Lawler about 3:20 a.m. when another male at the party shot him in the head, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
McNeal was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m.
Lance Braxton was killed and another man wounded during an armed robbery during a dice game in Austin on Thursday night.
Braxton, 36, and another 36-year-old man were outside playing dice in the 5800 block of West Chicago about 8:30 p.m. when at least two other people walked up and started shooting, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Both men were shot and someone drove them to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, police said.
Braxton, of the 800 block of North Mayfield, was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead less than 30 minutes later, authorities said.
The other man was shot in the chest and arm, and his condition was stabilized, police said.
DeAngelo Birge was killed and another man wounded in a West Garfield Park shooting Tuesday afternoon.
About 3:15 p.m., the two 24-year-olds were sitting in a vehicle in the 4400 block of West Maypole when someone walked up, fired into the car and ran away, according to police.
Birge was shot in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:46 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 4200 block of West Jackson.
The other man was also taken to Stroger with a gunshot wound to the hand. His condition stabilized, police said.
A man critically wounded last Sunday in a Gage Park shooting died two days later.
Jonathan Pulido, 21, was a passenger in a vehicle at 12:37 a.m. Oct. 4 in the 5300 block of South Sacramento when someone outside the vehicle began firing shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
He was shot in the back of the head, and was taken in critical condition to Holy Cross Hospital, police said. He was later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Pulido, of the 5100 block of South Mozart Avenue, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. Oct. 6 at Mount Sinai, according to the medical examiner’s office.