Reginald L. Turner was shot to death late Friday, just a block away from his home in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
The 26-year-old Turner was on the street in the 7700 block of South Sangamon at 10 p.m. when a man shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:17 p.m.
Turner lived a block away in the 7700 block of South Peoria.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
James Green | Chicago Police
James Green was sitting in an Austin neighborhood social club in February when Edward Flowers came up and punched him in the face.
Green wasn’t going to let Flowers get away with the slight, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday. So as Flowers began walking away about 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 1, Green got up from his chair, pulled a gun and fired, Assistant State’s Attorney Brian Whang said.
Green wasn’t done, Whang said. After Flowers, 42, fell to the floor, Green put the gun to the victim’s head and fired again, Whang said.
Flowers was found outside the back door of the club by paramedics and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m. An autopsy showed he died from a gunshot wound to the back.
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Jessica Renee Hampton, 25, was stabbed in the neck on a southbound train near the 47th Street station at 12:33 p.m. after an argument, apparently over a child, authorities said.
Hampton, who lived in the 6600 block of South Laflin, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:15 p.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Passengers on the train called 911 to report the stabbing, and an officer was already near the 47th Street Red Line stop as the train pulled up, CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. The suspect stepped off the train, saw the officer and surrendered. He was taken to St. Bernard Hospital with minor injuries suffered during the attack, police said.
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Angelo Davis died last Thursday, nearly a week after he was shot in the face in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responding about 7:45 p.m. June 9 to a call of a person shot in the 5300 block of South Princeton found the 36-year-old Davis with a gunshot wound to the face, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Davis, of the 1900 block of West Harrison, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:09 p.m. Thursday, June 16, the medical examiner’s office said.
Witnesses at the scene of the shooting were uncooperative with investigators, police said.
A person initially taken into custody was later released without charges.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Two teenagers are facing charges after 18-year-old Amari Catchings was killed in a crash as the group was fleeing police in a stolen vehicle Tuesday afternoon in the Bronzeville neighborhood, according to police.
Officers investigating a call of a person with a gun walked up to a vehicle in the 4200 block of South State Street about 4:50 p.m., according to Chicago Police. The vehicle then took off and crashed into another vehicle, which was carrying a 29-year-old woman and a 6-year-old boy.
Catchings, who was riding in the stolen vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:57 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The driver of the stolen vehicle, 19-year-old Dominic Gipson, was taken to Stroger Hospital, according to police. His condition had stabilized as of Thursday morning.
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Frank Robinson | Chicago Police
Frank Robinson has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm, all felonies, according to Chicago Police.
The shooting happened at Horan Park in the 3000 block of West Van Buren at 10:36 a.m. Aug. 26, 2015, police said.
Lovette, 22, was shot in the chest, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:37 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 2900 block of West Wilcox.
Blakes, 23, was shot in the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:07 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 3200 block of West Polk.
Another 23-year-old man was shot in the upper left shoulder; and a 22-year-old man was shot in the right leg, police said. Both recovered from their injuries.
Robinson, of the 1500 block of South Harlem in Forest Park, was scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.
Stanley Boston was killed and a woman was wounded in an Auburn Gresham neighborhood shooting early Wednesday.
The pair were sitting on a porch about 12:35 a.m. in the 8800 block of South Ada when a male walked out of a gangway nearby and fired shots in their direction, according to Chicago Police.
Boston, 35, was shot in the neck and foot, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:22 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived on the block where the shooting happened.
The woman, 22, suffered a graze wound to the foot, and was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Center, where her condition was stabilized, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
After George Morgan Jr. was shot while riding in a vehicle on Lake Shore Drive late Sunday, the others in the car did not call for help or drive to a hospital. Instead, they dumped his body near police headquarters in Bronzeville and drove away, according to police.
A 21-year-old man died after he was shot in the lower back late Sunday in the 600 block of South Lake Shore Drive. | Network Video Productions
Mason, who was struck in the lower back, was then driven to the first block of East 35th Street, near CPD headquarters, and abandoned, authorities said. Officers found him about 10:40 p.m. lying on the ground.
He was then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:13 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 6200 block of North Richmond.
An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the torso, and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Ramal Hicks | courtesy of Ronniesia Branch
Ramal Hicks, who was shot early Monday in the Englewood neighborhood, died at a hospital about three hours later.
The 34-year-old Hicks was shot in the lower back and chest about 12:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of West 69th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:55 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Hicks lived in the 7700 block of South May.
An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Smith | Chicago Police
It was unclear whether Smith put the magazine back in, but what he did next cost his buddy his life, Assistant State’s Attorney Matthew Howroyd said.
Smith pointed the gun in the direction of Richmond and pulled the trigger, Howroyd said at Smith’s bond hearing on Tuesday. Richmond, who was sitting in a chair, was shot in the abdomen.
Smith yelled out in surprise, Howroyd said.
Smith and two friends moved the 21-year-old Richmond from the apartment in the 6400 block of South Lowe to his car, Howroyd said. The men drove to St. Bernard Hospital, dropped off Richmond and walked away, Howroyd said. Dropped off at 6:50 p.m., was pronounced dead at 7:08 p.m.
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