Sixteen-year-old Nathan Hicks was shot to death on Mother’s Day in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The teen was found in the street about 3:20 p.m. Sunday in the 3400 block of West Arthington with multiple gunshot wounds, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 4700 block of West Gladys.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Andres Rivera was having dinner in his kitchen table when bullets ripped through his front door and killed him Saturday evening in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Rivera, 58, was eating at his table just after 8 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Kolin when shots fired from the street tore through the front door and struck him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Rivera was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:36 p.m., authorities said.
A police source said the shooting was possibly gang-related, but it was not clear if Rivera was the intended target.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Terrell Burkhart was killed and two others were wounded when gunfire erupted at a party in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side Friday night.
The three men were outside at a party in the 7600 block of South Maryland about 8:10 p.m. when someone drove past and opened fire, Chicago Police said.
The 29-year-old Burkhart was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died less than an hour later, authorities said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office said Berkhart lived the 9200 block of South Dobson.
Another man, 26, was also taken to Christ Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the hand, police said. The third man, 40, was shot in the back and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center. Their conditions had both stabilized.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
D’Andre E. Johnson died early Friday, about eight hours after being shot while driving Thursday evening in the Chatham neighborhood.
The 46-year-old Johnson was driving at 7:53 p.m. in the 8400 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue when he heard shots and realized he’d been struck in the shoulder, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Johnson, who lived in the 600 block of East 84th Place, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:47 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Omar Dishman | Chicago Police
Omar Dishman, 22, faces one count of first-degree murder and another count of attempted first-degree murder, both felonies, according to Chicago Police.
During a bond hearing Thursday, Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered him held in without bond in the Cook County Jail.
At 4:37 p.m. April 26, the 24-year-old Wheeler and a 20-year-old man exited a home near 52nd and Halsted, and were waiting to cross the street when a four-door, silver car pulled up, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Marilyn Salas-Wail said. Dishman was in the front passenger seat of the car.
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A woman found dead beaten to death in a Back of the Yards neighborhood alley nearly two weeks ago has been identified as 42-year-old Kimberly Schnackenberg, who lived on the bock where her body was found.
She was found about 1:30 a.m. April 22 in an alley in the 2000 block of West 51st Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Schnackenberg, who lived on that block, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:48 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy found she died of multiple blunt force injuries to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Chicago Police said no one was in custody as of Thursday afternoon and the investigation is ongoing.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Kashai Jones | Chicago Police
Kashai Jones, who was wearing hospital pajamas in court, was shot in the leg by the 36-year-old Stogner.
There is an “issue about who shot first,” Jones’ attorney, Davor Sicel, told Judge Laura Sullivan.
But it was Jones, a purported gang member, who started firing first, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said.
Stogner and three of his friends had driven to a currency exchange, in the 100 block of West Garfield, shortly before 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
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By FRANK MAIN
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Raul Martinez | Chicago Police
Raul Martinez, 24, was taken into custody following the fatal shooting of Rosenau at 10:30 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of North Pulaski in the Hermosa neighborhood.
On Wednesday, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office filed a murder charge against Martinez, who was paroled from prison in January. On Thursday he was ordered held without bond.
He’s a member of the Orchestra Albany gang, police said. Rosenau, 28, was a member of the Latin Counts, a rival gang. Both have been arrested many times.
Court records show Martinez has gone in and out of prison, and violated his parole conditions, over and over between 2011 and 2016. He served about half of his three-year prison term in 2014 for being a felon in possession of a gun.
“The long and violent histories of those involved in this senseless case of gun violence demonstrate the problem Chicago Police officers face every day in their efforts to make our neighborhoods safer,” Johnson said.
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By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
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Claudious WIlliams | Chicago Police
Witnesses said the 31-year-old Lee was shot while trying to apologize after an argument inside Murphy’s Lounge spilled onto the street in the 7600 block of South Cottage Grove.
The confrontation as bar patrons were exiting on the morning of April 7 involved shouting and pushing between Lee and his friends, and another group, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said at a bond hearing for Claudious Williams, one of the alleged gunmen.
As the altercation appeared to simmer down, Lee went to his car and waited for a friend.
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Willie Pratt died two days after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds early Saturday in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
The 19-year-old was found shot in the chest, leg and torso about 4:40 a.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of South Central Park, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Pratt, of the 3400 block of West Walnut, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 5:29 p.m. Monday, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
