Homicide Watch Chicago

19-year-old Shakeyah Jackson died Monday, more than 10 months after she was shot multiple times during a Roseland neighborhood home invasion and shooting that killed four other people last year.

Lionel Parks | Chicago Police

Jackson died at 6:54 p.m. Monday at Oaklawn Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She had been in a coma since the shooting.

The home invasion was a botched robbery of a drug dealer that happened Dec. 17, 2016, in the 100 block of West 105th Street, prosecutors said earlier this year.

Lionel Parks, 29, visited Elijah Jackson‘s home twice that day, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, prosecutors said.
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Robert Ward was killed Tuesday night in an Englewood shooting that left another man wounded, but the circumstances of the case depend on who you ask.

Chicago Police say it all started when Ward and another man tried to rob two men. But family members say that is not true, and the 23-year-old was shot in his aunt’s back yard.

Police say that about 8 p.m., Ward and another suspect approached a group of three people in the 1500 block of West 71st Street.

When Ward and his accomplice tried to rob the other men, shots were fired, and Ward was struck in the left side of the body, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

But a family member said say Ward was in the backyard of his aunt’s home when someone ran up to him with a gun and shots were fired. They say Ward knew the other people in the incident and there was no robbery.

Ward was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 8:41 p.m., authorities said. He lived on the same block as the shooting.

A 22-year-old man, who police called a robbery victim, was shot in the leg, and his condition was stabilized at Christ, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

O’Hage Marshawn Stewart died after he was shot during an argument Thursday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

The 21-year-old Stewart was standing with a woman in the 200 block of West 69th Street at 9:18 a.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A male suspect walked up, and they got into an argument, police said. The suspect then pulled out a gun and fired shots.

Stewart was shot in the chest and back, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:53 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

An autopsy Friday found he died of the gunshot wound to his back, and the death was ruled a homicide.

The shooter ran away and was not in custody, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By BLAIR PADDOCK
Homicide Watch Chicago

Jervon Morris | Rashawnda Rice

Jervon Morris was an “average teenager,” spending his time playing basketball, drawing, and doing volunteer work, according to his sister, Tiffany Morris.

Suffering cataracts from a very young age, and a surgery-gone-wrong, had left the boy blind in one eye and suffering other vision problems. But he didn’t let that define him, and continually inspired his peers, classmate Ian Boyd said.

“He is an inspirational person, proving he is more than a person with a disability,” Boyd said. “Jervon devoted his life to proving that, whether he believed it or not.”

On Memorial Day, Morris’ life was cut short when he got caught in the crossfire of at least two gunmen while doing what he loved—playing basketball in Euclid Park, just a block from his home. He was shot in the head about 5:40 p.m. and died minutes later, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Morris was not believed to be the shooter’s intended target, police said.

“It could have been anyone in the park; that park was filled with kids,” Tiffany Morris said.
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Lonnell Holmes was found dead Sunday evening with gunshot wounds in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

The 24-year-old Holmes was found about 8:34 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Lavergne, police said. He was unresponsive and had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and back.

Holmes was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

He was a graduate of Orr High School and also attended Malcolm X College. He worked for Walmart.

Area North detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Police and autopsy results have ruled the death of Eduardo A. Pena early Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side a homicide. The murder weapon? A black pickup.

Chicago Police opened a homicide investigation after the 21-year-old Pena died after another driver rammed his truck and forced it it to strike a tree. An autopsy confirmed that finding.

About 2:15 a.m., Pena was driving a red 1998 Ford Ranger pickup in the 5500 block of South Kedzie when the driver of a black pickup intentionally rammed his vehicle, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Pena’s vehicle was dragged to the 5700 block of South Kedzie, where it struck a tree, police said. The driver of the black truck then drove away southbound on Kedzie.

Pena, who lived in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood, had to be extricated from the Ranger and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 4:44 a.m., authorities said.

An autopsy Monday found he died of multiple blunt force injuries from the crash, and his death was ruled a homicide.

Pena was married with an infant child. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.

No one was in custody as of Tuesday morning as Area Central investigate.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Stephen J. McCray, who performed rap under the name stage name Busta Reckless, was shot to death near his home in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday evening.

The 25-year-old McCray was standing outside his home at 5:54 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Manistee, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Someone came up and fired shots, striking McCray in the chest, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m.

McCray rapped under the name Busta Reckless. Someone on his facebook page wrote that he “was one talented driven man, trying to make it in the industry with little support.”

Area South detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Antonio “Tone” Barrett was shot to death in the South Shore neighborhood Thursday evening, only a few blocks from where he lived on the South Side.

The 30-year-old Barrett was walking at 68th and Stony Island about 4:45 p.m., Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

“My son’s life was ended due to gun violence in the city of Chicago,” his father, Michael Adams, wrote on a GoFundMe page set up to help pay for funeral expenses.

“My son was enjoying the weather in his neighborhood when someone pulled up and shot him in the face and head,” he wrote.

Police said someone walked up to Barrett, pulled out a gun and fired, striking him in the head.

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 6:53 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

Area central detectives are investigating.

Barrett was the father of a five-year-old son.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A person riding a bicycle and carrying a rifle fatally shot Lydell Wilson Thursday morning about a block from his home in the West Side North Lawndale neighborhood.

The 32-year-old Wilson, known as “BooBay,” was sitting in a van just after 10 a.m. in the 1300 block of South Troy when a bicyclist rode up, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The bike rider the pulled a rifle out of a backpack and opened fire, striking Wilson several times.

He was hit multiple times in the chest and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 10:29 a.m., authorities said.

— Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Rodney Wilson was was fatally shot in the chest during an argument in the Bronzeville neighborhood hood Tuesday night.

The 19-year-old Roseland neighborhood resident was sitting in a vehicle in the 4700 block of South Forrestville just after 8 p.m., Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Someone walked up to the vehicle and an argument ensued, police said. The other person fired shots that struck Wilson in the chest then ran away.

Wilson drove himself to Provident Hospital before we was transferred to Stroger Hospital. He was pronounced dead there at 7:23 a.m. Wednesday.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire