Comment of the Day: “I can’t even imagine the pain of losing one of my grandsons, especially to street violence”

Prosecutors claim Frederick Woods-Rivas fatally shot 17-year-old Ja-Quez Williams April 26 in the 5500 block of West North Avenue. Reader ” sosideirish” posted this about the killing: I can’t even imagine the pain of losing one of my grandsons, especially to street violence. I will never understand the need to murder one another when, as … Read more →

Prosecutors: Frederick Woods-Rivas fatally shot Ja-Quez Williams in the back of the head

Frederick Woods-Rivas / Photo from Chicago Police BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Frederick Woods-Rivas was ordered held without bond Friday for allegedly fatally shooting 17-year-old Ja-Quez Williams last month in the Austin neighborhood. Ja-Quez was standing with a group on a sidewalk in the 5500 block of West North Avenue when 23-year-old Woods-Rivas … Read more →

Frederick Woods-Rivas

  • Arrested: May 28, 2014
  • Age: 23
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Unknown

Suspected in the April 26, 2014 death of Ja-Quez Williams.

Photo credit: Frederick Woods-Rivas / Photo from Chicago Police