Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Chicago Sun-Times file photo

After spending the day at the funeral of a friend who was shot to death last week, Antwon Brooks and Javil Nunn were themselves shot to death early Sunday on a porch in the Brainerd neighborhood.

Police were responded at 1:13 a.m. to a call of shots fired in the 9000 block of South Marshfield and found the men unresponsive, according to Chicago Police.

Brooks, 42; and Nunn, 33, were both pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. AUtopsies showed both men died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Both victims had attended the funeral of Anreco D. Nichols, who was shot to death just a week earlier in Chatham.

A few hours later, the body of 32-year-old Dwayne T. Triplett was found slumped over the wheel of his car in Englewood. About 8:35 a.m., an officer on patrol found Triplett dead of a gunshot wound near his home in the 1100 block of West 72nd Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He had been shot in the head and chest.
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Dominiq Greer speaks at a press conference last Wednesday announcing a lawsuit against the city and police. Moments later he was arrested for murder. | Mitch Dudek/For Sun-Times

Moments after Dominiq Greer had a press conference Wednesday to announce a lawsuit seeking $15 million from the city—alleging a Chicago Police officer wrongfully shot him seven times—he was arrested on a warrant for the murder of Kevin Larry as he waited for a ride.

“I had no clue,” said his lawyer Eugene Hollander, who hosted the 10 a.m. conference at his Loop office. “It’s definitely a surprise to me. He was going to grab an Uber back home and as he was waiting a squad car pulled up.”

Greer, a convicted felon, was arrested for the May 27 shooting death of the 22-year-old Larry on Wednesday, and formally charged with first-degree murder on Friday.

Greer, who lives in the 12400 block of South Eggleston, was ordered held without bond at a Saturday hearing, and was due back in court Monday.
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By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Mourners gather in the 9000 block of South Marshfield after two men were shot to death on a porch early Sunday. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Officers responded at 1:13 a.m. to a call of shots fired in the 9000 block of South Marshfield and found the men, ages 33 and 42, unresponsive, according to Chicago Police.

The older man, identified as Brooks, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:45 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The younger man, identified as Nunn, was also pronounced dead at the scene. Autopsies showed both men died of multiple gunshot wounds and their deaths were ruled homicides.
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Dwayne T. Triplett was found fatally shot Sunday morning in a car near his home in the Englewood neighborhood.

About 8:35 a.m., an officer on patrol found the 32-year-old slumped over at the wheel of a vehicle near his home in the 1100 block of West 72nd Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Triplett had been shot in the head and chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:53 a.m., authorities said.

Triplett was the father of three, according to his Facebook page.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A 17-year-old boy was killed and a 19-year-old man injured in a shooting late Saturday in the 5200 block of South Sangamon. | Network Video Productions

The boy and the man were standing in the street about 10:20 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Sangamon when a silver Audi pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

Fields 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. He lived in the 6200 block of South Sangamon.

The older teen was taken to the same hospital with an arm wound. His condition was stabilized, police said.

Fields was a sophomore at Urban Prep Englewood Campus, according to a statement from the school CEO Tim King.

“Mr. Fields was not the intended target, but rather was the victim of a senseless act of violence,” according to the statement.

King said a suspect in the shooting was arrested, but police could not confirm that Monday morning.

“Undoubtedly, Mr. Fields thought that by walking on his street, steps from his home, he was being safe–and he should’ve been,” King said.

“Mr. Fields will be deeply missed.”

Donations to support Fields’ family can be made at on the Urban Prep website by entering “Christopher Fields” in the “In Memory of” section.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Eighteen-year-old Travell Montgomery died several hours after being shot in the West Chatham neighborhood early Saturday.

Montgomery, of south suburban Hazel Crest, was on a porch in the 8800 block of South Princeton at 1:30 a.m. when three gunmen walked up and opened fire, shooting him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Montgomery was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 7:55 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 16800 block of Western Avenue in Hazel Crest.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

An Englewood neighborhood shooting left Terry Bates Jr. dead and another man wounded Friday night on the South Side.

Bates, 26; and a 27-year-old man were outside in the 200 block of West Garfield about 8:45 p.m. when two gunmen walked up and opened fire before running away, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Both men were shot multiple times and were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Bates was pronounced dead at 10:35 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 500 block of West Oak.

The condition of the 27-year-old, who suffered chest and leg wounds, was stabilized, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Jeremy H. Ray man was shot to death in the South Chicago neighborhood Friday night.

The 27-year-old Ray was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire before driving away, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ray, who was shot multiple times, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 4200 block of West 112th Place.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Paul Webster was fatally shot Thursday evening in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The 52-year-old Webster was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle about 5:26 p.m. in the 2800 block of West 84th Place.

A dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Webster, whose home address wasn’t known Friday, was shot in the chest and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m., authorities said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Jason Missak | Chicago Police

“She went there every Sunday,” Daniel Valdez said of his 57-year-old mother.

The night before, Valdez, 34, said he saw his mother at a relative’s baby shower.

“She was a beautiful mom,” Valdez said Tuesday after Jason Missak, the driver allegedly involved in the fatal wreck, was ordered held on $250,000 bail for reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.

“The last thing she told me was ‘I love you, Danny’,” Valdez continued. “She loved me too much. She loved everybody.”
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