Homicide Watch Chicago

A man who was shot to death Saturday evening in the Woodlawn neighborhood has been identified as 21-year-old Roy Bergman.

Bergman was sitting in a vehicle parked in the 6600 block of South Champlain about 7:15 p.m. when a black SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire, hitting him multiple times, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Bergman, of the 12600 block of South Eggleston, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:55 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Charles Lyons | Cook County Sheriff’s Dept.

Charles Lyons of Evergreen Park pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving resulting in bodily harm Tuesday before Judge Maura Slattery Boyle, according to Cook County court records.

About 10:25 p.m. on Oct, 19, 2015, Lyons was riding his motorcycle between stopped cars in the 700 block of South Lake Shore Drive. He went through a red light, and struck a man and woman as they were crossing the street, authorities said at the time.

The 25-year-old Kutscheidt, of Germany, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she died Oct. 23, authorities said. The 41-year-old man was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.

Lyons, who was 20 at the time of the crash, was also injured and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern.

Judge Boyle sentenced Lyons to three years in prison Tuesday, according to court records. He will receive credit for 288 days served in the Cook County Jail, and will have to serve one year of supervised release.

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Lord Byron Mancilla | Cook County Sheriffs Dept.

Lord Byron Mancilla pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder before Judge Thomas J. Byrne on July 13, according to Cook County court records.

About 2:45 a.m. on April 13, 2013, Santiago and two friends were sitting in a car smoking in the 3300 block of West Beach when several suspicious cars passed by, prosecutors said at the time.

They started walking toward one of their homes when Mancilla and another man stepped out of a gangway and confronted them, prosecutors said.
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Ronnie Hutchen was stabbed Tuesday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood, and died about six hours later at a hospital.

Hutchen, 28, was found about 3:50 p.m. lying on the sidewalk in the 600 block of North Lotus with a stab wound to the abdomen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hutchen, who lived in the 5300 block of West Ferdinand, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.

Area North detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Miguel Diaz died three hours after he was shot Monday afternoon in the West Lawn neighborhood.

The 28-year-old Diaz was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West 68th Street at 2:09 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Diaz, who lived on the same block, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 5:10 p.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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There were 65 homicides in Chicago in July, according to police. There were 71 homicides in June and 66 in May.

That brings the year’s total to 381 homicides as of July 31, up about 44 percent from last year, when the city had 264 murders through July 31.

Police said 2,394 people have been shot in the city so far in 2016, including 441 in July. In the same time period last year, 1,564 people had been shot.

July was capped by a bloody weekend that saw 51 people shot, seven of them fatally.

• In the week’s final homicide, Jeffery Arnold Jr. was shot to death Sunday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. The 20-year-old was standing in the 3000 block of West Fifth Avenue at 5:28 p.m. when three males got out of an SUV and began shooting, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Arnold was shot in the head, and died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

The death of 2-month-old Katana Symone Greenlee last week in the Austin neighborhood has been ruled homicide by child abuse.

Officers responded to an unresponsive baby in the 800 block of North Waller about 9 a.m. Sunday, July 24, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Katana was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:09 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. Her home address was not known.

An autopsy found she died of blunt force trauma to the head caused by child abuse, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Police said Tuesday morning the investigation was ongoing and no one was in custody.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating allegations of abuse and neglect, according to an agency spokeswoman. That investigation is pending, but DCFS would not say who was being investigated.

Donta J. Lee of west suburban Maywood man was shot to death early Tuesday in the Austin neighborhood.

Chicago Police investigate in the 5200 block of West Gladys, where a man was shot to death early Tuesday. | Network Video Productions

Lee, of the 1200 block of South 15th Avenue in Maywood, was shot in the chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By ZOË FISHER
Homicide Watch Chicago

Taylor Flowers, 23, celebrated her golden birthday just a few weeks before her death on March 18. Her sister, Tamara Allen, remembered how excited Flowers was for her “Jordan year,” the birthday based on Michael Jordan’s jersey number.

Birthdays were an exciting time in the household growing up with seven siblings in south suburban Dolton.

Because she was the oldest, “what she said went,” Allen said about Flowers. This would cause squabbles between the two when they were younger, but it also made them the closest of all their siblings.

“My mom always said, ‘Y’all sisters. Y’all need to learn to resolve your issues’,” Allen said. She still looks at the text messages between her and her sister, and is thankful they are filled with words of love toward each other.
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Jeffery Arnold Jr. was shot to death Sunday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

The 20-year-old was standing in the 3000 block of West Fifth Avenue at 5:28 p.m. when three males got out of a red SUV and began shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Arnold, of the 7000 block of North Glenwood Avenue, was shot in the head, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:04 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire