Man charged with killing Kortney Blakes and Kwamaine Lovette in summer 2015 shooting in Horan Park

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Frank Robinson | Chicago Police

Frank Robinson | Chicago Police


A 19-year-old west suburban man has been charged with killing Kortney Blakes and Kwamaine L. Lovette, and wounding two others in a shooting at an East Garfield Park neighborhood park last summer.

Frank Robinson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm, all felonies, according to Chicago Police.

The shooting happened at Horan Park in the 3000 block of West Van Buren at 10:36 a.m. Aug. 26, 2015, police said.

Lovette, 22, was shot in the chest, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:37 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 2900 block of West Wilcox.

Blakes, 23, was shot in the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:07 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 3200 block of West Polk.

Another 23-year-old man was shot in the upper left shoulder; and a 22-year-old man was shot in the right leg, police said. Both recovered from their injuries.

Robinson, of the 1500 block of South Harlem in Forest Park, was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.

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