Homicide Watch Chicago

Students from local catholic and public schools release balloons into the sky during June 15 peace rally in McGuane Park. | Lou Foglia/Sun-Times

Voices echoed throughout McGuane Park as middle school children chanted in unison: “We want peace!” Some carried signs that read “Use ur brain, not ur guns”; “Stop the violence, Chicago”; and “Chicago is with Orlando.”

Don Brewer, a seventh-grader at Alexander Graham Elementary, was one of the 900 students from public and private schools who attended the first Peace Walk into Summer event Wednesday at the Bridgeport neighborhood park.

“This is all happening for peace,” he said. “People think the whole world is just shooting and badness, but to be honest, it’s not. All of these good people are here. You know, it’s love.”
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Antoine Randle died two hours after he was shot early Tuesday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

The 35-year-old Randle was standing on the sidewalk about 3:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 4900 block of West Huron when two males walked up, and one of them pulled a gun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Randle, of the 1100 block of North Leclaire, was shot in the chest and right arm, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 5:45 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Antonio Perkins was found fatally shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood Wednesday night, and a video circulating online claims to show the moments just before he was shot.

A video posted online appears to show the fatal shooting of a North Lawndale man; the video also shows this image of a car driving away, apparently captured by the victim as he lay on the ground. | Screenshot

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:07 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 3500 block of West 12th Place.

The video, first posted by the New York-based website MediaTakeOut.com, claims that Perkins, also known as Cicero Yayo, was taking a Facebook Live video of himself partying with friends.

On the video, he is drinking from a plastic bottle and looking around. He sees a car drive by once, then return.

The video clearly contains the sound of gunshots. The camera falls to the ground, then is raised again to catch a fleeting image of the car driving away.

It falls to the ground again, coming to rest in what looks like bloody grass. The screen goes black, though people can be heard in the background screaming and calling for an ambulance.

The video had been viewed more than 1.1 million times on Facebook as of Thursday afternoon.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

When police first found the body of 17-year-old Darryl M. Ferguson in a home in Fernwood on Tuesday afternoon, they thought the boy might have accidentally shot himself.

But an autopsy showed the teen had been shot in the back, and the death has now been classified as a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ferguson was shot about 4 p.m. inside a home in the 10200 block of South Normal, according to Chicago Police and the medical examiner’s office.

Ferguson, who lives on the same block, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:19 p.m.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help pay funeral expenses.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Surveillance footage of a man suspected in a fatal Washington Park shooting in May. | Chicago Police

Chicago Police released photos Tuesday of a man suspected of fatally shooting Semial Sigle last month in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.

Shortly after midnight May 21 in the first block of East Garfield, the suspect got into a fight with the 30-year-old Sigle. He then pulled out a gun and shot Sigle in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Sigle was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 12:45 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1800 block of South Wolcott.

The shooter took off east on Garfield in a silver or gray Cadillac, police said Tuesday.

He is described as a black man between 30 and 35 years old, standing 5-foot-10 to 6-feet tall with a muscular build. He was wearing a black White Sox cap and a black T-shirt with “ROCK” written across the front, police said.

Anyone with information should call Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

By JORDAN OWEN and SIMONE ALICEA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Devonte Pearson was shot to death on an Englewood porch in July 2013. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old boy was charged with the killing.

The boy was ordered held Thursday on a first-degree murder charge after being accused with fatally shooting Pearson nearly three years ago, according to Chicago Police.

About 8:45 p.m. on July 16, 2013, the teen shot the 20-year-old Pearson on his porch in the 5700 block of South Carpenter, then ran away, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Pearson was shot in the back and died three days later at Stroger Hospital, authorities said.

The 17-year-old was with a group of about 15 people gathered on Pearson’s porch at the time of the shooting, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

Pearson and someone else came outside of the home and asked the group to leave, and an argument ensued, prosecutors said.

A witness heard one person say, “We’re not here to shoot, but to fight,” prosecutors said. Then, another person said, “We don’t fight, we shoot.”

The witness then heard four or five gunshots, and found Pearson lying on the porch bleeding, prosecutors said.

Detectives performed a photo array with two witnesses in July 2015 and the 17-year-old was positively identified as the shooter, prosecutors said.

He appeared in juvenile court Thursday and was ordered held in custody, the state’s attorney’s office said. He is next scheduled to appear in court July 14.

Steven Edwards was shot to death Tuesday evening on the block where he lived in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Edwards, 22, was outside about 7 p.m. near a gangway in the 4800 block of South Laflin when a gray car pulled up, and someone got out and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Edwards, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:12 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.

The shooter got back into the car and took off westbound on 48th Street, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man found shot to death in a car in Englewood on Monday morning has been identified as 18-year-old Jordan Liggins.

The teen was found in a car in the 6500 block of South Ross Avenue at 11:54 a.m. with gunshot wounds to the head and hand, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Liggins, of the 400 block of West 75th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:21 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Adrian Watson of west suburban Berwyn was killed and another man was wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Monday night.

Watson, 29; and a 21-year-old man were standing outside about 9:15 p.m. in the 5300 block of West Gladys when they heard gunfire and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.

Watson was shot multiple times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1800 block of South Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn.

The younger man suffered a graze wound to the left buttock and took himself to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where his condition was stabilized.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Deonte Davis | Chicago Police

Deonte Davis, 26, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery, according to Chicago Police.

Fields and the older teen were standing on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of South Sangamon at 10:24 p.m. Saturday when Davis, who was driving a silver car, stopped alongside them and opened fire, police said.

Fields, of the 6200 block of South Sangamon, was shot in the back, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 11:17 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The 19-year-old was shot in the left wrist and was taken to the same hospital in good condition.

About five minutes before the shooting, Davis had tried to rob a 53-year-old man at gunpoint in the 5100 block of South Halsted, police said. The robbery was unsuccessful and Davis took off without any proceeds. The victim was not injured
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