A shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on Friday night claimed the life of south suburban teenager Johnathan L. Stewart.
Stewart, 17, was shot in the chest and right leg about 10:15 p.m. in the 700 block of West 66th Place, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Stewart, of Country Club Hills, was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 15 minutes later, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The shooting may have been a drive-by, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Johnny J. Butler was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood late Thursday.
Butler, 37, was found shot in the head shortly before midnight in a vacant lot in the 6500 block of South Ashland, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Butler, who lived in the 9800 block of South Woodlawn, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:19 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
Another man, 29, was shot in the right leg and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Alberto Gaytan | Illinois Dept. of Corrections
A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for stabbing his ex-girlfriend,
Maria Gonzalez, to death outside her Northwest Side home on Thanksgiving Day in 2013.
Alberto Gaytan pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday before Judge Erica Reddick, according to Cook County court records.
Gaytan stabbed his the 39-year-old Gonzalez about 5 a.m. Nov. 28, 2013, in the 4800 block of North Moody, authorities said.
Gaytan and Gonzalez had previously dated and had a four-year-old child together, according to court documents. About two months before her death, she had moved out of their home and into a basement apartment on Moody Avenue.
Gaytan had threatened to kill her if she left him for another man, and she did not tell him her new address, prosecutors said.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Shawanda Swain | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.
A South Side woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for stabbing her boyfriend,
Damani Chenier, to death during an argument in her Hyde Park apartment in 2014.
Shawanda Swain was found guilty of second-degree murder after a bench trial on June 30 before Judge Dennis Porter, according to Cook County court records.
Swain stabbed the 23-year-old Chenier in the chest on Oct. 9, 2014, authorities said at the time.
Swain, 21 at the time, was arguing with Chenier about 3:10 a.m. inside her apartment in the 5100 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard when she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him once, authorities said. A neighbor called 911.
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Dontae Roberts died Wednesday night, one day after he was shot in a vehicle in the Austin neighborhood.
Chicago Police investigate in the 5900 block of West Division after a 30-year-old man was shot Tuesday night. | Network Video Productions
Roberts, 30, was was sitting in a vehicle at 10:56 p.m. Tuesday, parked in the 5900 block of West Division. Someone got out of another vehicle nearby and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Roberts was shot in the head, and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. He lived in the 8800 block of South Mozart.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Jamie Williams was shot to death late Wednesday as she rode in a vehicle on the Near West Side.
About 10 p.m., the 22-year-old Williams was riding in a vehicle in the 200 block of South Oakley when a black four-door Hyundai pulled up alongside, authorities said.
A male passenger then got out and shot her multiple times in the chest before he ran away and the Hyundai sped off, according to Chicago Police.
Williams, of the 10600 block of South LaSalle, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:19 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy Thursday ruled her death a homicide.
WIlliams, known to friends as Ladythickness, leaves behind a young daughter.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Tramian Barnes | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.
According to Cook County prosecutors, an Oak Park man already facing charges for the drug-related fatal shooting of
Alex Anderson in 2014 was also involved in the murder of
Anthony Heatherly while out on bond.
Tramian Barnes shot the 19-year-old Anderson in the stomach after the two had planned to meet for a narcotics transaction in 2014, authorities said.
Barnes’ latest victim, the 17-year-old Heatherly, thought he was going to sell Barnes and his cohort, Kenyatta Alexander, marijuana when he was killed April 4.
Barnes, 21, was awaiting trial for Anderson’s murder when he shot and ran over Heatherly in the parking lot of Taco Burrito King in the 5500 block of North Harlem, Assistant State’s Attorney Liam Reardon said.
Barnes was out of Cook County Jail after posting 10 percent of a $1 million bond Judge Donald Panarese Jr. gave him two years ago, Reardon said.
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A man killed in a shooting that also left a teenage boy was wounded Monday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood has been identified as Cory Hughes.
Hughes, 28, was standing on the sidewalk in the 100 block of South Kilpatrick about 8:45 p.m. when a male walked up and started shooting at him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Hughes, who lived nearby in the 100 block of North Laporte, was shot multiple times. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
A 17-year-old boy who was driving past when the shooting started was struck in the left ankle, police said. He drove himself to Loretto Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Hughes was a standout basketball player at Farragut High School, a member of the Class of 2006. He also played AAU ball for the Illinois Fire.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Stephan Triplett was fatally shot Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Police responding to reports of shots fired at 10:20 p.m. found the 22-year-old lying on a parkway in the 12400 block of South Lowe, according to Chicago Police. He had suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Triplett was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:13 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 12400 block of South Emerald.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Andre Jackson died in a hospital Tuesday morning, five days after he and another man were attacked by three men with a baseball bats last week while driving in Austin.
Jackson, 23, was pronounced dead at 5:51 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy Wednesday found he died of complications from multiple blunt force injuries and his death was ruled a homicide.
Officers were called to a report of a battery at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in the 4800 block of Quincy, according to Chicago Police.
Jackson and a 20-year-old man were driving in the area of Gladys and Kolmar avenues when another vehicle blocked their path, police said. Three people then got out of the vehicle and started an argument with the two victims.
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