Homicide Watch Chicago

Paul Farlinger was shot to death and another man was injured in a drive-by shooting Friday afternoon in the Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

The victims were in the 2000 block of North Laporte at 2:42 p.m. when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

Farlinger, 49, was struck in the abdomen and shoulder, and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:24 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1800 block of South Loomis.

A 21-year-old man was shot in the ankle, and was taken in good condition to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Marteace Rhone was shot to death, another woman was injured by gunfire, and two more women were stabbed during a melee early Saturday in the Austin neighborhood.

The four women got into a fight with another group of women about 3:20 a.m. in the first block of North Leclaire Avenue, according to Chicago Police.

Rhone, 27, was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:30 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She lived in the 300 block of North Lotus.

A 21-year-old woman, who was shot in the left ear, was taken to a hospital. A 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the left hand and took herself to West Suburban Medical Center; and another 28-year-old woman was stabbed in the left wrist and right arm, and took herself to Rush Oak Park Hospital. All of their conditions were stabilized, police said.

No one was in custody for the attack as of Monday morning.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A pool of blood seen on the sidewalk at a homicide early Sunday in West Garfield Park. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times

By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Latrell Gipson was shot to death early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

About 1 a.m., the 27-year-old was walking on the sidewalk in the 200 block of North Kostner when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Gipson, who lived in the 1000 block of North Parkside, was shot in the head and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m., authorities said.

The crime scene on Kostner stretched from West End to Maypole. A pool of blood could be seen on the sidewalk in front of a brick duplex that was cordoned off with red tape.

Loud music was playing inside a residence as an officer talked on the phone.

“The victim has expired,” she said.

A west suburban couple, Trinyce L. Sanders-Wilson and Roshaun D. Wilson, were killed in a murder-suicide outside a church Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood.

A man shot a woman in the 5700 block of West Chicago Avenue about 2 p.m., then shot himself in the mouth, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooting occurred outside, shortly after morning services were completed at Second Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, where both were members.

The woman, identified as the 38-year-old Sanders-Wilson, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:26 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

The man, identified as her 40-year-old husband, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:39 p.m., authorities said.

They lived in the 2200 block of South 20th Avenue in west suburban Broadview, according to the medical examiner’s office. Autopsies were schedules for Monday.

“Trinyce was a beautiful person — a mother, a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a confidante, a friend to many people,” her sister, Phenesha Odom said Monday. “Trinyce, she had a lot of family and friends who loved her. Trinyce was very talented. Trincye was a God-fearing woman. Trinyce will be greatly missed.”

Her sister was a cheerleader, a hairstylist who was excellent at academics, and a mother of five, her sister added. She did not want to discuss the shooting and would not say whether she was there at the time.

Donald Wilson, Roshaun Wilson’s uncle, said he couldn’t shed any light on what would have led to Sunday’s shooting.

The couple “obviously” had problems, he said, but “they kept it very quiet.” He called his nephew “a wonderful father,” adding: “Obviously, he had some issues in his marriage as a husband. He was a hard-working man. I’ve never seen violence from him at all. Especially at this magnitude. He loves his family.”

Donald Wilson said his nephew had two children with Trinyce Sanders-Wilson. Roshaun Wilson worked various jobs, his uncle said, most recently fixing cars out of his garage.

The weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Johnathan Lane, one of two men who were shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Thursday night died about 18 hours later at a hospital.

The two men were standing in the 7700 block of South Loomis about 10:15 p.m. when someone got out of a white van and opened fire, police said.

Lane, 23, was shot in the head, and a 25-year-old man was shot in the abdomen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Both were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition.

Lane was pronounced dead at 4:05 p.m. Friday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Known as Icky, Lane lived in the 7800 block of South Ada, about a block from where he was shot.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Denear Dashaun Scott was shot to death in the Chatham neighborhood Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.

About 5:45 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of East 82nd Street found the 17-year-old Scott lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Scott was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m., authorities said.

He lived in the 6800 block of South Aberdeen, according to the medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Travell Taylor | Chicago Police

Travell Taylor, 24, faces first-degree murder charges for the Monday shooting in the 4100 block of West Roosevelt, according to Chicago Police.

About 1:30 p.m., Taylor walked up to Mills and shot him repeatedly, police allege.

Mills, who lived in the 2200 block of West 51st Street, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:41 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Lyman Harvey | Illinois Dept. of Corrections

Lyman B. Harvey, 36, pleaded guilty to one felony count of aggravated DUI in an accident causing death before Judge Dennis Porter on July 19, according to Cook County court records. A charge of reckless homicide with a motor vehicle was dropped.

Harvey was driving in the northbound express lanes of I-90/94 at 31st Street when he crashed into a median about 12:30 a.m. Nov. 27, 2015, authorities said at the time.

According to court documents, Harvey told police that what began as an argument between the couple turned into a physical altercation when his girlfriend, the 29-year-old Peterson, took off her seat belt and struck him on the right side of his head.
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Keith Jackson was shot to death Wednesday afternoon while driving in the West Englewood neighborhood.

The 32-year-old Jackson was driving in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 1:30 p.m. when someone on foot opened fire on his vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Jackson, of the 5900 block of South Sangamon, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08 p.m., authorities said. He died of a gunshot wound to the neck and his death was ruled a homicide.

In May, three people were shot on the same block. A month before that, two people were killed and three more wounded in another attack nearby.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Jamie Varvaris was shot and killed last week on the block where she lived in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

Officers responding about 12:43 a.m. July 20 to reports of shots fired in the 3200 block of West 62nd Street found the 37-year-old on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the right buttock, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Varvaris, a mother of three, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 5:58 a.m., authorities said. She lived on the same block where she was shot.

An autopsy found she died of a gunshot wound to the back, and her death was ruled a homicide.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the children.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire