Roberto Rodriguez Jr. killed, man and teen wounded, on the block where he lived in West Lawn

Roberto Rodriguez Jr. was killed and two other people wounded in a West Lawn neighborhood shooting Sunday evening.

The group was outside about 7 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Kenneth when someone walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.

Rodriguez, 21, was shot multiple times, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 1:10 a.m. Monday, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived on the block where the shooting happened.

A 17-year-old boy and 24-year-old man, both shot in the leg, later showed up at Mount Sinai Hospital. Their conditions were stabilized, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

34-year-old Raheem Gray shot to death near home in North Lawndale

Raheem Gray was shot to death Monday evening near his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

Gray, 34, was outside in the 3600 block of West 13th Street about 5:15 p.m. when another male walked up and shot him several times, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooter then ran east on 13th Street, then south on Central Park

Gray, who lived a block away in the 3600 block of West 13th Street, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:47 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Omar Kent shot to death after parking his vehicle in East Garfield Park

Omar Kent had just parked his vehicle when he was shot to death early Sunday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

The 38-year-old Kent had just parked about 12:35 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Fifth Avenue when five males walked up, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. One of them pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Kent was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was a construction worker who lived in the 2300 block of South Kirkland.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Othijah Mooney fatally shot during domestic incident in her Roseland home, and police have taken a man into custody

A man was taken into custody after Othijah M. Mooney was shot to death during a domestic dispute early Monday in the Roseland neighborhood.

Officers responded about 12:30 a.m. to a call of a person shot at a home in the 100 block of West 112th Place. They found the 35-year-old Mooney with a gunshot wound to her head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Mooney, known as Otha, lived in the home and was pronounced dead there at 12:55 a.m., authorities said.

Police said the shooting was domestic in nature, and a 43-year-old man has been taken into custody. Charges were pending as of Monday morning.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Terrence Murphy fatally shot on sidewalk hear his home in Austin

Terrence Murphy was shot to death Sunday afternoon on a sidewalk near his home in the Austin neighborhood.

About 4:20 p.m., the 20-year-old Murphy was on a sidewalk near his home in the 5400 block of West Jackson when someone walked up and shot him in the abdomen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Murphy was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where died at 4:43 p.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Corey Strothers Jr. dies 8 months after being shot near his home in Englewood; suspect remains in custody

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Swonn Herron | Cook County Sheriff's Dept.

Swonn Herron | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.


Corey Strothers Jr. was only 15 when he was shot last December near his home in the Englewood neighborhood. He was 16 years old when he died from those wounds on Friday.

Strothers, then 15, was injured in a Dec. 22, 2015, shooting in the 5900 block of South Princeton, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

About 9:45 p.m. that night, the boy was walking near his home when someone walked up, shot him in the neck and back, and then took off in an SUV, authorities said.

The boy was taken to Stroger Hospital after the shooting. He died at Lurie Children’s Hospital at 11:15 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

Swonn Herron, 23, of the 5000 block of South May, was arrested and charged with attempted murder about three weeks after the shooting, according to police.

He remains held at the Cook County Jail on a $750,000 bond, and is due in court again Sept. 9, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. The charge is expected to be upgraded to murder.

Demarco Richards killed, two other people wounded in West Garfield Park shooting

Three people were shot, and Demarco Richards was killed, early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

About 12:15 a.m., officers on patrol near the 4400 block of West Monroe heard gunfire and found the 30-year-old Richards on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Richards was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:27 a.m., authorities said. His address was not immediately known.

An 18-year-old woman was shot in the left foot, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said. A 25-year-old man later arrived at Stroger with gunshot wounds to his buttocks and right ankle. His condition stabilized, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

$2 million bond for wheelchair-bound, 74-year-old woman for shooting husband, Booker Parrow

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Sharnett Perkins-Parrow | Cook County Sheriff's Dept.

Sharnett Perkins-Parrow | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.


An elderly South Side woman accused of shooting her husband, Booker T. Parrow, to death calmly listened to the allegations against her after she was slowly wheeled into court in a wheelchair for her bond hearing Friday.

While she was in her husband’s studio apartment for a mere three minutes Monday morning, Sharnett Perkins-Parrow, pulled the trigger and then put the a .38-special revolver in the 68-year-old man’s hand to apparently make it appear as if he had killed himself, Cook County prosecutors said.

But Assistant Public Defender Kevin Ochalla suggested that his client acted in self-defense when he asked the judge to make sure there were pictures taken of the injuries she sustained before the shooting.

Perkins-Parrow, 74, allegedly asked a maintenance man at the Cambridge Manor apartment buildings to call an ambulance because she felt “sick” after shooting someone.
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Brothers, both on parole, charged with fatal shooting of Nykea Aldridge near her home in Parkway Gardens

By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26; and his brother Derren Sorrells, 22, were charged with the murder of Nykea Aldridge. | Chicago Police Department

Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26; and his brother Derren Sorrells, 22, were charged with the murder of Nykea Aldridge. | Chicago Police Department


Two men were charged Sunday morning with the shooting death of Nykea Aldridge, who was caught in gang crossfire as she pushed her baby in a stroller Saturday afternoon near her Parkway Gardens home.

Derren Sorells, 22;, and his brother, Darwin Sorells Jr., 26, were both charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder, according to Chicago Police.

Derren Sorrells lives in the 6000 block of South Indiana, and Darwin Sorrells Jr., who was also charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass, lives in the 7500 block of South Wentworth, police said.

Aldridge was shot and killed while pushing a baby in a stroller Friday afternoon.

“My cousin was killed today in Chicago,” Bulls star Dwyane Wade tweeted Friday night. “Another act of senseless gun violence. 4 kids lost their mom for NO REASON. Unreal. #EnoughIsEnough.”
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Mahdi Herring killed, two people wounded during argument in Park Manor

Mahdi Herring was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon just blocks from his home in the Park Manor neighborhood.

The three were arguing with a group of people about 12:15 p.m. in the 7100 block of South Rhodes when someone in the other group pulled out a gun and fired at them before running away, according to Chicago Police.

Herring, 19, was shot in the head, and was driven by friends to Jackson Park Hospital. He was later transferred to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:36 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police.

He lived about three blocks away in the 7200 block of South Evans.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the thigh, and was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said. The third victim, a 35-year-old man, was shot in the neck, and took himself to Provident Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire