Homicide Watch Chicago

Adonis L. Johnson man was killed Friday afternoon in a drive-by shooting a block away from his home in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

Johnson, 25, was walking about 1:15 p.m. in the 3200 block of West Maypole, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A dark-colored vehicle drove past and someone inside fired shots, striking Johnson in the head and chest, authorities said.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:48 p.m., authorities said. He lived just a block away from where he was shot.

Area North detectives were investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

At least 17 people were killed in violence the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1., with seven people killed on Friday alone, and a triple homicide that included a pregnant woman and her unborn daughter.

The baby girl died Monday, four days after being delivered by her mother, Charnella Lemon, 20, who was fatally shot Friday morning in the Far South Side Fernwood neighborhood, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

She was inside a parked car with 33-year-old Terrence Carter, who was also killed when someone approached the car on foot and opened fire at 7:39 a.m. in a vacant lot in the 400 block of West 102nd Place, police said.

Carter was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Lemon suffered three gunshot wounds to the chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 8:51 a.m.

Baby Janae Lemon was delivered at Christ and was listed in critical condition until she died Monday at 2:28 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy showed that a bullet went through her mother’s abdomen and struck the then-unborn child in the torso.

In other homicides last week:

• A man was illed in a South Shore neighborhood shooting Sunday morning that also left a woman injured. The pair were standing on a sidewalk at 10:27 a.m. in the 2600 block of East 75th Street when another man walked up, pulled out a handgun and fired shots, according to police. Tommie L. Jones, 28, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and back, and was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived about 2 miles away in Greater Grand Crossing. The 26-year-old woman was shot in the lower back, and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man who drove away after fatally striking Latasha Amos with an SUV in the West Side Austin neighborhood in 2013 has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Julio A. Lopez, 29, was convicted of failure to report an accident involving death after a bench trial this summer before Judge Timothy Joseph Joyce, according to Cook County court records.

Lopez left his sister’s home in the early morning hours of Nov. 17, 2013, and was driving home in her SUV when he struck Latasha Amos in an alley in the 1100 block of North Mason Avenue, authorities said at the time.

Lopez got out of the car and saw the 37-year-old Amos lying motionless, but got back in the vehicle, drove around the block, parked and went home, authorities said.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Roberto Clemente High School student Frances Colon in 2013 in Humboldt Park.

Larry Luellen Jr., 41, was convicted of the teen’s murder on June 23 following a jury trial before Judge Arthur Hill Jr., according to Cook County court records.

Luellen was aiming for a 28-year-old man he was arguing over a drug deal with when he instead shot the 18-year-old Colon, a college-bound senior at Clemente, authorities said at the time.

Luellen, a member of the Black P Stones gang, got into a drug-related dispute with the intended target 20 minutes before the shooting about 7 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2013, in the 1100 block of North Pulaski, according to prosecutors. He then went to a barber shop to get a gun and returned, chasing the man and firing six times, but missing the man and striking the teen once in the upper back.
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Patrick James Stegmueller Jr. was shot to death in a drive-by Tuesday afternoon in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side.

The 35-year-old Stegmueller was walking about 12:15 p.m. in the 3300 block of South Damen, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A green SUV drove past, and someone inside started shooting, police said.

Stegmueller was struck in the neck, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 12:51 p.m., authorities said.

He lived in the Far South Side Mount Greenwood neighborhood.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man killed in a South Shore neighborhood shooting Sunday morning that also left a woman injured has been identified as 28-year-old Tommie L. Jones.

The pair were standing on a sidewalk at 10:27 a.m. in the 2600 block of East 75th Street when another man walked up, pulled out a handgun and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

Jones suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and back, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:36 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived about 2 miles away in Greater Grand Crossing.

The 26-year-old woman was shot in the lower back, and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Antonio Moore was fatally shot Wednesday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood, and police searched for a suspect in a nearby park where several activities were taking place.

About 6:45 p.m., the 33-year-old Moore was shot multiple times by a person on foot in the 1400 block of North Leclaire Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Moore, who lived on the same block, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 7:25 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

The shooter ran away toward the 1300 block of North Laramie Avenue, and was pursued by officers into La Follette Park, where a weapon was recovered, police said. Officers searched the park’s field house for the suspect with a K-9 unit, but the suspect was not found.

At the time, programming was in progress at the park’s field house, including use of the fitness center, Junior Bear programming, boxing, open gym and swimming, according to the Chicago Park District.

By ANDY GRIMM
Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County prosecutors have charged two men with the 2015 murder of Leonardo Morales in Garfield Ridge, and both are being held without bond.

The two gunmen were working “security” for a towing company that hired Satan’s Disciples gang members to protect its trucks from rival towing companies, which in turn were protected by rivals of the Satan’s Disciples, Assistant State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said Tuesday during a bond hearing.

Carlos Cregan and Jonathan Rodriguez, both 30, were apparently on call the night of Aug. 22, 2015, when they went to a bar in Clearing, Santini said. At the bar, they met Leonardo Morales, who, during the course of the evening, told them he was a former member of the rival 2-6 street gang.

At closing time, the three men chatted outside the bar, when the Satan’s Disciples members got a call that a tow truck driver was squaring off against a driver from a competing company, Santini said. All three piled into a dark-colored sedan and drove to the scene of the tow truck drivers’ stand-off.
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Anthony D. Henry was fatally shot Tuesday night while standing outside in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

Henry, 31, was standing with a group of people about 10 p.m. in the 7000 block of South Carpenter, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Someone walked up and began shooting, according to police.

Henry, who lived just over a mile away in the same neighborhood, was struck in the back and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Lloyd Westbrook was found shot to death Monday morning in a gangway in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

The 22-year-old was found with an apparent gunshot wound in a gangway in the 100 block of North Long, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooting is thought to have happened late Sunday, but Westbrook, who lived several blocks away in the same neighborhood, was not found until about 9:30 a.m. Monday, police said.

An autopsy showed he died of a gunshot wound to the back, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Area North detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire