This past summer, Javier Martinez was brought to the University of Illinois Hospital, where he died. More than four months later, an autopsy has determined the 40-year-old was beaten, and those injuries contributed to his death.
Martinez died at 4:23 p.m. June 5 at the University of Illinois Hospital after he was assaulted in the 1500 block of West 18th Street in Pilsen, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The autopsy did not immediately rule on cause and manner of death, but the medical examiner’s office has since determined he died of acute subarachnoid (brain) hemorrhage due to a ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm.
Blunt force injuries to the head from an assault, along with ethanol and cocaine intoxication were listed as contributing factors, according to the medical examiner’s office. Martinez’ death was ruled a homicide.
Chicago Police were called to the hospital for a death investigation, but at the time, there was no information about what happened leading to Martinez’s death, police said.
Jacory Jones was walking in the North Austin neighborhood on the West Side on Friday afternoon when shots were fired and both, and a man riding a CTA bus were struck.
The 20-year-old Jones died less than an hour later.
He was walking in the 1500 block of North Leclaire at 12:36 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Jones was shot in the neck and leg, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1800 block of North Luna.
A 57-year-old man riding a CTA bus was also struck by a bullet, police said. He was shot in the back and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
The aftermath of a fatal fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Aug. 27, 2016. | Chicago Fire Department
died Saturday, the third death linked to an August fire at a Back of the Yards neighborhood home, which Chicago Police have ruled an arson.
Darling, 58, was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Stroger Hospital. He was injured in the Aug. 27 fire at his home in the 5400 block of South Laflin, according to the Chicago Fire Department and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Sunday found he died of complications from thermal injuries from the house fire, and his death was ruled a homicide.
Two more people were found dead after the fire was extinguished about 2 a.m., fire officials said at the time. They were identified as 61-year-old Tommie Darling, who also lived in the home; and 55-year-old Doris Anderson, whose home address was unknown.
Autopsies did not rule on their causes or manners of death, with results pending further studies.
Investigators with CPD’s Bomb and Arson Unit determined someone intentionally started the fire, and have classified the case as a homicide investigation, police said Saturday. No one is in custody.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A 35-year-old man fatally stabbed his girlfriend Julia Martin before jumping to his death Friday evening in the Prairie Shores neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.
About 7 p.m., the man confronted the 28-year-old Martin when she returned to her home in the 3000 block of South King Drive, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He stabbed her repeatedly, then jumped to his death from a window of the building, police said.
Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the was pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m. and Martin was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m., authorities said.
The man’s name has not been released by the medical examiner’s office, pending notification of family.
Autopsies ruled Martin’s death a homicide from multiple sharp force injuries, the medical examiner’s office said. The man’s death was ruled a sucicide from cervical fracture and dislocation following a jump from a height.
Police called the case a domestic murder-suicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A man was fatally shot and another was wounded early Sunday in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting early Sunday just two blocks from his home in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago Police said.
At 3:58 a.m., the men were standing in the street in the 4800 block of South Bishop when someone in a vehicle fired shots, according to police.
Sanjuanero, 25, was shot in the armpit and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:32 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 4800 block of South Throop.
A 32-year-old man was shot in the right leg and buttocks, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.
Red tape marked off the crime scene on Bishop between 48th and 49th streets. A group of males could be seen standing outside on the east side of Bishop.
“You guys shouldn’t be hanging around outside here,” a police officer in the street said to the group. “We tried to warn you.”
Rolando Gamino, a northwest Indiana resident, died about five hours after being shot during an argument early Sunday in the Little Village neighborhood, according to Chicago Police.
About 4:20 a.m., Gamino, 30, got into an argument with another male in the 3100 block of South Central Park. The other man pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Gamino was shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:34 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
Gamino lived in the 5000 block of Baring Avenue in East Chicago, Indiana, authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Martell Rhodes died about eight hours after he was shot Saturday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
The 30-year-old Rhodes was walking in the 3800 block of West Huron about 1:35 p.m. when someone fired shots from a dark vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Rhodes was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 4900 block of West Wrightwood.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
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Miguel Adan Ramirez was shot while driving Wednesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, and died about four hours later at a hospital.
The 23-year-old was driving at 2:53 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 64th Street when someone on the street opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
He was shot in the head, and crashed his vehicle into a stop sign at 64th Place and Kedzie, where the vehicle flipped over, police said.
Ramirez, of the 5200 block of South Campbell, was taken to Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy showed he died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.
A GoFundMe page has been established to help the family with funeral expenses.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
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By ZOE FISHER
Homicide Watch Chicago
Chanda Foreman’s close friends and family remember her for her faith in God and her love of fashion and food.
The 37-year-old was murdered on July 1, her birthday. She and a few friends had just returned from a birthday celebration at Cooper Hawk restaurant on 111th street and stopped at Foreman’s great aunt’s house to check on her 6-year-old daughter, Chaylah. THey were planning to head downtown to continue the celebration.
Around 15 members of Foreman’s family, including kids, were sitting on the porch enjoying the evening in West Beverly when a car pulled up and opened fire, according to her aunt, Jackie Spicer.
Foreman and a friend were shot while sitting in her car, and three other people were shot on the porch, according to her mother, Cathy Geralds. She died while being transported to Holy Cross Hospital, police said.
To the family’s knowledge, there are no suspects or leads in the case. The car the shooters used was found burned a few days later.
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Tyrone White of south suburban Burbank was shot to death Tuesday night while driving in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
White, 42, was driving in the 7700 block of South Calumet about 10:35 p.m. when a male suspect fired shots from the sidewalk, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
White, of the 7800 block of Mason Avenue in Burbank, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:20 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Wednesday found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
