Homicide Watch Chicago

Sixty-year-old Clarence Jones died Thursday night, more than two weeks after he was shot in the Roseland neighborhood, and two men remain in custody for the attack.

Jones was in the 11400 block of South Stewart about 2:40 p.m. June 27 when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was shot in the back, and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Jones lived in the block where the shooting occurred.

An autopsy Friday showed he died of complications from a gunshot wound to the torso, and his death was ruled a homicide.
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Bryan Coole,y known to friends as Fat Shorty, was shot to death Friday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood.

Cooley, 19, was a passenger in a vehicle about 3 p.m. in the 600 block of South Cicero when another vehicle approached, and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The driver took Cooley to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:22 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 5200 block of West Quincy.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Two men shot to death Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood have been identified as Rodney Wayne Phillips Orr and Daniel Watkins.

Officers responding about 10:50 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 6000 block of South Carpenter found one man lying in the street and another man unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a gray car, according to Chicago Police.

Both men had been shot in the head, and both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

One of the men was identified as the 34-year-old Phillips Orr of the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

The second man was identified Friday as Daniel Watkins, 28, of the 7800 block of South Eberhart, according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy showed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man who was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been identified as 21-year-old Kenshon Ward.

He was found unresponsive at 3:44 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 64th Street with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy showed Ward, who lived in the 6400 block of South Campbell, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A west suburban man has been arrested in Michigan and charged with killing Sami Talab Salaymeh and injuring a woman in a shooting last month in the South Loop.

Norberto Frausto, 37, was arrested Wednesday after he was identified as the shooter in the June 6 shooting in the 2300 block of South Michigan, according to a statement from Chicago Police.

Frausto drove his vehicle alongside a pickup at 3:58 a.m. before firing several shots into the truck and driving away, police said.

Salaymeh, 27, was shot in the abdomen and arm, while a 23-year-old woman was shot in the right leg, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

They drove themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Salaymeh, who lived in Hanover Park, was pronounced dead at 4:41 a.m., authorities said. The woman was in good condition.

Frausto, who lives in west suburban Countryside, was arrested Wednesday in Ingram County, Michigan, on a warrant charging first-degree murder, police said. He was expected to appear in bond court Friday.

Salaymeh, a graduate of Glenbard North High School, was a U.S. Navy veteran who worked for Detroit-based R&E: Right & Exact Entertainment.

A man already serving time for attempted murder for beating and paralyzing his girlfriend Rhonda Stevenson has charged with murder after she died a quadriplegic.

Leshard Jackson, 36, was already serving a 20-year sentence for choking Stevenson on June 13, 2007.

As a result of the assault, she was paralyzed from the neck down until she died April 11 at age 58 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Holly Grosshans said in court.

Earlier on the day Jackson attacked her, Stevenson drove to the 3rd District police station and asked officers to remove Jackson from the car because he refused to get out, Grosshans said.

When they returned home in the 2300 block of East 69th Street, they eventually started arguing again. At some point, Jackson choked Stevenson until she passed out, Grosshans said.

When Stevenson awoke, she couldn’t move. She asked Jackson to call an ambulance, Grosshans said. Jackson did but told Stevenson to tell medical personnel she fell and hit her head, Grosshans said.

Stevenson was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she told staff that Jackson had choked her.

Jackson later wrote a handwritten statement admitting what he had done, Grosshans said.

Judge Donald Panarese ordered Jackson held on $2 million bail on Thursday for the murder charge.

Rodney Wayne Phillips Orr and another man were shot to death Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood.

Officers responding about 10:50 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 6000 block of South Carpenter found one man lying in the street unresponsive, and another man unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a gray car, according to Chicago Police.

Both men had been shot in the head, and both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

One of the men was identified as the 34-year-old Phillips Orr of the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

The other man’s name had not been released as of Thursday morning pending notification of his family.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A 31-year-old man has been charged with killing Mecahel Holder and wounding two women in a shooting at a party over the Fourth of July weekend in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Brandon Collins, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.

Collins and the 34-year-old Holder got into an altercation at a Fourth of July celebration in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway about 1:35 a.m. July 5, according to police.

Collins shot Holder and the two women the victim had been talking to as they sat in a parked vehicle, police said.

Holder, of the 2100 block of West 50th Place, was shot in the head and torso, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:44 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A 29-year-old woman was shot in the right shoulder and was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital, police said. The other woman, 31, was shot in the right hand and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

Collins, of the 8000 block of South Brandon Avenue, was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.

By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Marwan Sadeq, who had moved his family from Yemen escape the violence there, was shot to death early Thursday outside the Park Manor neighborhood gas station where he worked.

The 45-year-old Sadeq was arguing with a man about 12:40 a.m. in the parking lot of the Citgo station in the 6600 block of South State Street when shots were fired, according to Chicago Police.

Sadeq was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:01 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 10600 block of South Parkside Avenue in south suburban Chicago Ridge.
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A Texas man was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood.

Anthony Thomas, 32, was walking in the 12100 block of South Throop when someone fired shots at him about 8:30 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Thomas was shot in the face and head, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Thomas, known as “Ace,” grew up in Chicago and attended Corliss High School, but was a resident of Orange, Texas

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire