Homicide Watch Chicago

Pierre Johnson was found shot to death Tuesday morning in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers responding to a call of a person shot about 6 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Aberdeen found the 27-year-old on the ground, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The medical examiner’s office identified him as Pierre Island.

Johnson, of the 2400 block of West 60th Street, had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and was dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Latoya Jackson | photo provided

This week, the Cook County medical examiner’s office officially identified them.

The 28-year-old Jackson was found dead in the home in the 8300 block of South Drexel along with her three sons on July 18, 2015, authorities said. She died from ligature strangulation.

Her sons, 5-year-old Kantrell Williams; 10-year-old Kameron Simms; and 11-year-old Andrew Simms Jr. were all dead at the scene, authorities said.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Arthur Carpenter | Cook County sheriff’s office

Arthur Carpenter, 24, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter of a family member, and aggravated battery of a child under 13 before Judge William Lacy on March 21, according to Cook County court records.

About 8 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2013, his mother left Jahki with his father in the 100 block of East 111th Street and went to school, authorities said at the time.

When the mother returned home a few hours later, she noticed the infant spit up blood twice, and later found bruising and scratching on his face. Jahki’s mother confronted Carpenter, and then took the infant to Advocate Trinity Hospital, authorities said.
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Sixteen-year-old Davharea Wilson was killed and an 18-year-old man wounded in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood Monday afternoon.

The two were outside in the 7300 block of South Sangamon about 4:45 p.m. when a male wearing a black hoodie shot them, Chicago Police said.

Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived on the same block where he was shot.

The man was shot in the shoulder and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

An explosion of gun violence over the weekend left at least six people and dead and 38 more wounded across the city, bringing the week’s total to at least 12 people dead in Chicago violence.

The week’s death toll included five people killed and 12 wounded in a series of five mass shootings on the South Side.

The violent weekend culminated with a mass shooting Sunday night in West Englewood in which someone got out a vehicle and fired shots at a group of people sitting outside on a front porch, according to Chicago Police.

When the shooting stopped about 11:10 p.m., Devin Hamb and Davon Barrett were dead, and three other people wounded. The group was sitting on a front porch in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 11:10 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle and opened fire, according to police.

Hamb, 27, was shot in the chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 500 block of East 72nd Street.

Barrett, 38, was shot in the neck, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office. He lived on the same block where the shooting happened.
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Justin T. Bowman was shot to death Sunday evening in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 6:23 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Schubert found the 25-year-old lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Bowman was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:07 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 3900 block of West Diversey.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago SUn-Times Wire

Giovanni Garcia | Chicago Police

Giovanni Garcia, 20, faces one count of first-degree murder for the April 8 attack in the 5500 block of South Karlov, according to Chicago Police.

Membreno was in the front passenger seat of a parked car about 7 p.m. when Garcia pulled up in another vehicle and opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A police source said Garcia had been aiming for Membreno’s boyfriend, who was in the driver seat.
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Tiara M. Parks was killed and two men were injured in a shooting Saturday night in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Tiara Parks was killed and two men wounded in a shooting Saturday night in the 11400 block of South Stewart. | Network Video Productions

They drove to Roseland Community Hospital, where the 23-year-old Parks was pronounced dead at 9:14 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the head, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She lived in the 9200 block of South Bishop.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the lower back; and a 27-year-old man was shot in the left leg. Both of their conditions were stabilized, police said.

—Chicago SUn-Times Wire

Darrell Wilson was shot to death early Sunday inside a vehicle in the Lawndale neighborhood.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 3200 block of West Douglas Boulevard about 12:25 a.m. found the 24-year-old unresponsive in a parked vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Wilson had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:48 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 100 block of South Central Avenue.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Gino Carrasco was fatally shot early Saturday in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

The 22-year-old was walking out of a store in the 3200 block of West 16th Street at 1:14 a.m. when someone got out of a vehicle and fired shots, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Carrasco suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital. He was later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 5100 block of South Sawyer.

The family has started a GoFundMe page to help offset funeral costs for Carrasco, who was known to friends as “Lucky.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire