Police responding to a call found 18-year-old man Latwon A. Rogers suffering multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood Sunday evening.
Officers were checking on a call of a person shot in the 2500 block of West 68th Street at 6:09 p.m. when they found Rogers at the mouth of an alley, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He had apparently suffered a gunshot wound to the head and multiple gunshot wounds to the body, authorities said.
Rogers, of the 5800 block of South Campbell Avenue, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Two young men fatally shot in a drive-by Friday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood have been identified as Jamel Thomas and Jermale Richardson.
About 8 p.m., Thomas, 18; and Richardson, 20, were standing next to a parked car in the 5500 block of West Congress Parkway. That’s when a grey car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The car then drove away west on Congress.
Thomas, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was struck in the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:21 p.m., authorities said.
Richardson, of the 1100 block of South Albany, suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and was also taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:42 p.m., authorities said.
Area North detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Police guard the scene where a man was fatally shot early Saturday in Woodlawn. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
was killed in a Woodlawn neighborhood drive-by shooting early Saturday on the South Side.
The 26-year-old Smith was outside in the 6100 block of South Rhodes about 4:25 a.m. when a vehicle pulled up and someone fired shots, hitting him in the neck, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Smith, of the 3500 block of South Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:45 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy showed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
A woman could be seen crying on the stoop of a brick apartment building next to the crime scene tape.
“I can’t believe this … I can’t believe this s**t is happening,” she repeatedly wailed. She eventually got into the back of a squad car.
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A friend made a grisly discovery when he went to Gene Williams‘ apartment in the Oakland neighborhood Saturday evening—the 62-year-old had been stabbed to death.
Sometime between 4:15 p.m. and 5:15 p.m., Williams was stabbed inside his apartment in the 3600 block of South Lake Park Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A friend discovered him unresponsive and reported it to police.
Williams had been stabbed in the abdomen and also suffered trauma to his head, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:29 p.m. An autopsy showed he died of multiple stab wounds.
Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Eighteen-year-old Faizon Smith was fatally shot in a drive-by in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Friday evening.
At 6:49 p.m., Smith was in the gangway of a building in the 4500 block of West Maypole when someone fired shots from a car and then drove away, according to the Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Smith, of the 4400 block of West Washington Boulevard, was shot in the chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:26 p.m., authorities said. His death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A west suburban man was fatally shot Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood, but two people being questioned for the death of Vincent Zarco have been released without charges.
Officers responding to reports of shots fired about 7 a.m. in the 2600 block of West 23rd found the 26-year-old unresponsive with a gunshot wound, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Zarco, who lived in the 2400 block of Wesley Avenue in Berwyn, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:25 a.m., authorities said.
Officers saw a vehicle drive away from the scene, police said. When they attempted to pull it over, someone threw a gun out of the window.
The two people inside the vehicle were taken into custody and questioned, but were later released without being charged. Area Central detectives continue to investigate.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side Friday night left Jeffrey Brinson dead and six other people injured.
At 8:18 p.m., the group was standing together outside in the 3300 block of West Maypole when someone inside a black vehicle driving east on Maypole began shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Three men—ages 26, 27, 34—took themselves to Mount Sinai hospital in good condition with gunshot wounds to the arms and legs. Brinson, 32, was taken with them, but was pronounced dead at 8:33 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Saturday found that Brinson, of the 5100 block of West North Avenue, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said.
A 31-year-old man was shot in the left arm, and a 22-year-old woman was shot in the right foot, police said. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. A 21-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the face and was treated at the scene by paramedics, but not taken to a hospital.
No one was in custody for the shooting as of Monday morning as Area North detectives continued to investigate.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Tony Hussaini died early Thursday, two weeks after he was shot in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
On Oct. 1 at 7:18 a.m., Hussaini, 29, was standing on the street, talking to a 30-year-old woman inside a vehicle in the 2500 block of South Sacramento, according to Chicago Police. A second vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots.
Hussaini and the woman took themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital, both with gunshot wounds to the chest and arm, police said. They were both initially listed in critical condition.
Hussaini, of the 2200 block of South Homan Avenue, was pronounced dead 3:25 a.m. Thursday, and an autopsy showed he died of complications from the gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Devante Norwood was shot to death Thursday night outside a gas station in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
About 10 p.m., the 22-year-old was standing in the parking lot of a gas station in the 7000 block of South Ashland, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. That’s when someone walked up and shot him twice in the head before taking off in a black SUV.
Norwood, who lived in the 6800 block of South Bishop, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:22 p.m., authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Aaron Jackson was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood late Thursday on the Southwest Side.
Just before 10 p.m., the 25-year-old was on a sidewalk in the 1500 block of South Komensky, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A dark-colored minivan drove by, and someone inside fired shots, striking him in the abdomen.
Jackson was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:28 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1300 block of South Lawndale. An autopsy Friday found the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the back.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
