Homicide Watch Chicago

By Simone Alicea
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man has been charged with reckless homicide after a crash that left 62-year-old Renee D. Showers dead Thursday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood.

Showers was driving just before 6 a.m. in the 700 block of South Kostner when another vehicle collided with hers, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 7:39 a.m., authorities said. She lived in the 800 block of South Kilbourn.

Police said the driver of the other vehicle, 28-year-old Heriberto Aguirre, ran away from the crash. Officers took him into custody later that day.

Aguirre, of the 2600 block of South Kostner Avenue, was charged with one felony count each of reckless homicide involving a motor vehicle, and failure to report a fatal accident, police announced Saturday.

He was ordered held on a $100,000 bond Sunday and is next scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office.

Latrell McMahon was killed and nother man wounded in a shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday.

McMahon, 18; and a 19-year-old man were in the first block of South Springfield about 1:30 a.m. when they were shot, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The men were in a minivan at the intersection of Madison and Springfield when shots were fired. They were found a few blocks east, at Madison and Homan.

McMahon was shot in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene at 1:56 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1800 block of South Fairfield.

The other man was shot in the right leg and was listed in good condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By DANIEL BROWN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

He was supposed to be getting on a plane soon to go to Mississippi, but instead, 16-year-old Melvin Cook was shot to death Friday night in West Englewood.

The boy was shot in the head just after 9 p.m. by two males who approached the vehicle he was riding in, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooting occurred in an alley in the 6500 block of South Hamilton Avenue. Cook, who lived in the 5700 block of South Calumet, was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:27 p.m., authorities said.
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Eric Smith was shot to death just a block away from his Austin neighborhood home Saturday morning.

Officers received a call of shots fired in the 4800 block of West Monroe just before 5:30 a.m. They arrived to find the 23-year-old Smith lying facedown on the ground, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Smith, who lived a block away in the 4800 block of West Adams, was shot several times and was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:20 a.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Charles Wiley was shot to death in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side Friday night.

Wiley, 22, was shot in the neck about 10:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of South Kirkland, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Wiley, who lived in the 4200 block of West Cullerton, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:04 p.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Jeremy Rogers died Thursday, more than 10 days after he was shot during an argument in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Rogers, 27, was meeting with someone he knew about 6:05 a.m. June 5 in the 3900 block of West Belmont when they got into an argument, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The other person then pulled out a gun and shot Rodgers in the head.

He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he remained for over a week, before he died at 3:58 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. He lived in the 1800 block of South Springfield.

An autopsy Friday found Rogers died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Rogers, an aspiring rapper who performed as Jay Roc, was a single father of two boys.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with funeral costs and hospital expenses for the family.

A man killed in an Englewood neighborhood drive-by shooting late Monday has been identified as 21-year-old Davion Barron.

Barron was walking about 10:45 p.m. in the 6600 block of South May when a black car drove by and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was shot in the left side and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Barron, of the 8900 block of South Paulina, died of a gunshot wound to the groin, and his death was ruled a homicide, an autopsy showed.

Victor Robinson was shot to death while sitting on a porch Thursday night in Englewood.

Robinson, 31, was sitting on a porch in the 5700 block of South Peoria at 9:15 p.m. when a Dodge Challenger drove past and loud reports were heard, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

When police arrived on the scene, they found him on the ground and unresponsive.

Robinson had been shot in the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 6200 block of South Eberhart.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Demetrius Archer was shot to death Thursday afternoon while sitting in a chair on a sidewalk in the South Shore neighborhood.

About 4:05 p.m., the 20-year-old Archer was sitting in the 7800 block of South East End Avenue when a white SUV pulled up. Someone got out of the vehicle, stood over him on the sidewalk, and fired several shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Archer suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1700 block of East 77th Street.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Chicago Public Schools employee Denzel D. Thornton was shot to death Thursday afternoon outside an elementary school in Austin, where students were preparing for their 8th-grade graduation ceremony.

Thornton, 25, was getting into a parked vehicle about 12:30 p.m. in the 4800 block of West Walton when someone walked up and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The shooter then ran to a black car nearby and drove away.

The shooting occurred in front of Ronald McNair Elementary School at 4820 W. Walton St. Thornton had worked as a compliance specialist for CPS Nutrition Services for the past 10 months, and was making his regular rounds at the time, according to a statement from CPS. The school was placed on lockdown as police investigated the shooting.
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