Ten more people were homicide victims in Chicago during the week of Sept. 18-24 as the city passed another deadly milestone, as the 500th homicide of the year was recorded early in the week.
Sun-Times file photo by Ashlee Rezin
A man who died early Monday after being shot Sunday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side turned out to be the 500th homicide of the year.
The only good news, relatively, was the 500th homicide came later in the year than it did in the 2016, when Chicago tallied 780 homicides for the year, the most in 20 years.
This year’s 500th homicide came on Sept. 25, while last year, it happened on Sept. 4.
John Bolden, 47, was sitting in a parked car at 11:22 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Racine when someone in a gray van fired shots, striking him multiple times in the side of the body, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 12:20 a.m. Monday. As of Sept. 18, 2016, there had been 534 homicides.
In other homicides last week:
- A man was found shot to death early Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Officers responded to a call of a person shot shortly before 2 a.m. and found 33-year-old Andrew Dehart lying face down in the street in the 1500 block of South Trumbull, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Dehart had been shot in the face and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He lived on the same block as the shooting.
- A 28-year-old man died after he was shot early Saturday in an Austin drive-by attack. Darius Edwards was walking through an alley at 12:07 a.m. when a maroon van drove up in the 400 block of South Lotus and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Edwards was shot in the groin and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:01 a.m. the same day. He lived in the same neighborhood.
- A man shot to death Friday night in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side was identified as a 28-year-old Morgan Park resident. Guy Lopez was inside a vehicle about 8:15 p.m. in the 13700 block of South Torrence when another vehicle drove past and someone inside opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Lopez was struck multiple times, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 23-year-old man was shot to death early Friday in Austin. Donzell L. Brewster was standing outside about 12:05 a.m. in the 4800 block of West Quincy, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Another man approached, grabbed him and shot him in the head, police said. The suspect then fired multiple shots at his body before running away south on Cicero Avenue. Brewster, who lived about four blocks from where he was shot, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 48-year-old man was shot to death Thursday afternoon, also in Austin. Perry Stroger was approached by another man about 12:30 p.m. in the 5800 block of West Cortland and the two men got into a fight, police and the medical examiner’s office said.
During the fight, the younger man pulled out a gun and fired shots. Stroger was struck in his head and taken to Community First Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. He lived in downstate Urbana. The 32-year-old was taken into custody for questioning, police said. But on Saturday, he was released without charges.
- Two men were shot, one fatally, early Thursday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The men, both 30, were in a vehicle at 1:03 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Albany when another vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, according to police. Both victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Manuel J. Hernandez, a Cicero resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The other victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
- A man was shot to death late Tuesday in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side. Issac Harper, 21, was sitting on a back porch at 9:38 p.m. in the 9700 block of South Green when someone fired shots, striking him multiple times in the shoulder, leg and hip, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Harper, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was pronounced dead at the scene less than 30 minutes later.
- A 28-year-old man was shot to death Monday night outside his home in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side. Joshua Rayborn, who performed as a DJ under the Rate YK moniker, was standing on the sidewalk at 11:34 p.m. in the 2900 block of South Arch Street when shots were fired, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Rayborn was struck in the chest and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
—Homicide Watch Chicago