Robert L. Porter Jr. was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in the Englewood neighborhood.
Porter, 45; and a 27-year-old man were unloading boxes in an alley about 5:15 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Green when someone dressed in black walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Porter suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and chest; and the younger man was shot in the chest, back and wrist, police said. They were both taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.
Porter, who lived blocks away in the 7300 block of South Green, was pronounced dead at 6:02 p.m., authorities said. The 27-year-old was listed in serious condition.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Juan Pita-Rosas was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Chicago Police investigate in the 4800 block of South Kildare, where two men were shot, one fatally, early Sunday. | Network Video Productions
Pita-Rosas, 32, was standing in an alley with a 22-year-old man about 12:10 a.m. in the 4800 block of South Kildare when they heard gunfire and both felt pain, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Pita-Rosas was shot in the head, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 a.m., authorities said. He lived a few blocks away in the 4700 block of South Springfield.
The younger man suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and chest, and later showed up at Holy Cross Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Bond was set at $100,000 Friday for a man charged with throwing the punch that led to the death of Kristopher Weiss death earlier this summer in Bridgeport.
Phillip M. Levato | Chicago Police
, 48, turned himself into police and was charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter for the death of the 45-year-old Weiss, Chicago Police announced Friday.
Emergency crews responded to a person down in the 3000 block of South Normal at 11:46 p.m. July 22 and found Weiss, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Weiss had been in a fight with two men, authorities said at the time. One punched him in the face, causing him to fall backward and hit his head, authorities said. The two men then took off in a black pickup, police said.
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By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Markise Dordies | Chicago Police
The alleged driver in a deadly shootout in the parking lot of a South Side currency exchange that left
Deitrick Stogner dead was ordered held on a $1 million bond Thursday.
Markise Dordies, 20, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder this week in connection with the shooting April 30 in the 100 block of West Garfield.
Kashai Jones, who is accused of shooting the 36-year-old Stogner, was already ordered held without bond earlier this year.
After Stogner and three of his friends had driven to a currency exchange in their black SUV that spring afternoon, Dordies, who was driving in another vehicle with Jones and two others, received a phone call, Assistant State’ Attorney Holly Grosshans said.
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Stephen Toplin was fatally shot in the back on the block where he lived in the Gresham neighborhood late Friday morning.
At 11:33 a.m., Toplin, 24, was sitting in front of a residence in the 7600 block of South Damen when someone walked up to him and began shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Toplin was shot in the back and pronounced dead at 12:03 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said. He lived on the same block where he was killed.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Malik Philpot was chased and fatally shot Thursday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
Philpot, 20, was on the street about 10:35 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Washington when a group of people approached him and started shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He ran away through a vacant lot, but the attackers followed him to the 4200 block of West West End Avenue, where they shot him multiple times in the abdomen, police said. The suspects then drove away, possibly in a van.
Philpot, who lived in the 1300 block of North Parkside, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:19 a.m., authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
DeLon Sims was shot to death Wednesday night in the Oakland neighborhood.
Sims, 23, was sitting in a vehicle about 9:16 p.m. in the 4000 block of South Lake Park, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was talking to someone standing outside the vehicle when that person pulled out a handgun and fired at him.
Sims, who lived in the 5400 block of West Kamerling, was shot in the upper body and pronounced dead at the scene at 9:35 p.m., authorities said.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses for the man known as “Shorty,” who was the father of a young girl.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Brian B. Winters was killed in a shooting in the Marquette Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Winters, 33, was washing his car outside his home at 2:12 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Rockwell.
Someone walked up and shot him in the head and chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Winters was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:13 p.m., authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By TYLER HOLMES
Homicide Watch Chicago
Alfondia Kelly with his cousin | Facebook
was a motivational influence to do better for as long as his family and friends can remember. Putting those he cared about and his community first, his impact was a force to be reckoned with.
“I’ve known Al since I was 10 years old. I’m 36 now,” said Fernando Lowe, Kelly’s best friend. “He was one of the greatest guys in the world – he never did anything to anybody.”
The 44-year-old was cooking out in a vacant lot in the 6600 block of South Union Avenue late on June 27 when a black SUV drove by and opened fire. Kelly was struck in the armpit, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, according to Chicago Police and the Cook Country medical examiner’s office.
Lowe had recently moved to Arkansas and was devastated by the news regarding his closest friend, referring to him as a peacemaker. “Al stopped a whole lot of stuff. He’d always break up fights,” Lowe remembered.
Whenever anyone saw ‘”Al” Kelly, a prominent smile was always beaming on his face.
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Hani Yousef was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the West Lawn neighborhood.
A man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. | Network Video Productions
The men, ages 23 and 24, were in a car heading south on Karlov from 65th at 9:55 p.m. when someone in a black
SUV fired multiple shots at them, according to Chicago Police.
The victims’ car eventually crashed into the porch of home on the 4100 block of West Marquette, police said. The car could be seen in the front lawn with its damaged front end on the front steps.
The 24-year-old, identified as Yousef, was shot in the chest and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:19 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Yousef lived in the 8200 block of South Luna in southwest suburban Burbank.
The other man suffered a graze wound to the neck and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, according to police.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
