Police investigate a fatal shooting that started in a bar in Chatham early Thursday. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times
Marvin Lee was trying to apologize when he was shot to death early Thursday following an argument inside a bar in Chatham.
The 30-year-old Lee was inside Murphy’s Lounge in the 7600 block of South Cottage Grove about 2:40 a.m. when he got into an argument with two other men, according to authorities and witnesses.
The argument spilled out onto the street, at which point one of the men pulled a gun and shot him in the head, Chicago Police said.
Lee, of the 6100 block of South Michigan Avenue, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:52 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Read more
A man shot to death Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as Gerwancey Rambus.
The 40-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in the 1100 block of South Richmond at 11:27 a.m. when someone approached and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Rambus was shot multiple times in the chest, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:43 a.m., authorities said. He lived about two blocks away in the 1100 block of South Mozart.
Aurelio Guzman was shot to death early Wednesday outside a restaurant in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Chicago Police investigate in the 4900 block of West Madison, where a man was shot to death early Wednesday. | Network Video Productions
The 32-year-old suffered multiple gunshot wounds about 1:45 a.m. in the 4900 block of West Madison, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
His body could be seen lying on the ground outside the Whale Fish Shrimp & Chicken restaurant.
Witnesses told investigators that another male walked up to the victim and opened fire, then ran away.
Guzman, of the 2200 block of North Laverne, was pronounced dead at the scene at 2 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
Babette Miller was found shot to death in her Avalon Park neighborhood apartment Tuesday night after what may have been a domestic dispute, according to Chicago Police.
A family member called police when they hadn’t heard from Miller, and officers responded about 7:35 p.m. for a well-being check at the apartment in the 1700 block of East 85th Place.
The 35-year-old Miller was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:58 p.m., authorities said.
No one has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting, which police say may have been domestic-related. Area South detectives are investigating.
Seventeen-year-old Anthony Heatherly died about an hour after being shot Monday afternoon in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the Norwood Park neighborhood. | Network Video Productions
The shooting happened about 1:15 p.m. in a parking lot behind a strip mall in the 5500 block of North Harlem about 1:15 p.m., according to Chicago Police.
The strip mall included a Taco Burrito King restaurant and a dental office, and is near the Harlem Blue Line stop and the junction of Harlem and the Kennedy Expressway.
Heatherly was shot in the chest and was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he died at 2:15 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The Taft High School, student lived in the 5700 block of North Kingdale.
A person who lived near the strip mall said the shooting didn’t happen in the parking lot, but the boy was dumped from a car in the parking lot. Police would not confirm that report.
A Cook County Juvenile Court judge on Tuesday rejected a prosecutors’ motion to keep the teenage girl accused of murdering Endia Martin from having a jury trial.
Under the Juvenile Court Act, the girl, now 16, isn’t eligible to have a jury trial because she doesn’t have a history of being in trouble with the law, Assistant State’s Attorney Athena Farmakis argued.
Judge Stuart Katz, reading a written ruling, denied that request.
The girl’s trial is scheduled for May 16.
The accused shooter killed the 14-year-old Martin and wounded Martin’s best friend, Lanekia Reynolds, on April 28, 2014, after a feud on social media over a boy, according to prosecutors. Read more
By JORDANOWEN and MITCHELLARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Ezequiel Villanueva | Chicago Police
A second man has been charged in connection with the murder of Oscar Rodriguez during a gang shooting in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood on Labor Day 2014.
Ezequiel Villanueva, 37, was charged with murder for the attack on Sept. 1, 2014, according to Chicago Police. Oscar Garcia, 22, was previously charged with murder and attempted murder.
About 2:50 a.m. that day, about 10 members of the 2-6 and Darkside 2-6 gangs were gathered in a front yard in the 4300 block of West 25th Place, Assistant State’s Attorney April Gonzales said at Villanueva’s bond hearing Tuesday.
Villanueva and Garcia, both Latin Kings, approached the rival gang members from an alley, he said. Read more
During a post-game interview Friday night, Jabari Parker of the Milwaukee Bucks acknowledged the passing of another former Chicago high school basketball superstar—Demetrius “DJ” Tolliver, killed in a shooting last week that also claimed the life of Dejenaba A. Altman.
Demetrius Tolliver lays in a shot for Farragut over Simeon’s Jabari Parker (11) in March 2011. Last week, Tolliver was killed in a shooting near a West Garfield Park elementary school. | Sun-Times file photo
They were killed Thursday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in a shooting that also left a 16-year-old injured, Chicago Police said.
The three victims were standing outside in the 4300 block of West Wilcox, just across the street from Hefferan Elementary School, at 4:04 p.m. when four people got out of a van and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
The school was placed on lockdown until police had surrounded the scene. Read more
A man shot and killed while allegedly trying to rob two others in the Uptown neighborhood last Thursday has been identified as William C. George.
Police investigate after an attempted robbery that ended with a fatal shooting late Thursday in Uptown. | Network Video Productions
Two 23-year-old men were unloading a vehicle in an alley in the 1000 block of West Winona about 10:30 p.m. March 31 when a man walked up and demanded their things, according to Chicago Police.
One of the younger men handed over his cellphone and wallet, but when the robber said he was taking the car, the other 23-year-old pulled out a gun and shot him multiple times, police said.
George, 28, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:59 a.m. Friday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 7700 block of South Lowe.
Police said he had been on parole for a past armed robbery conviction.
An autopsy found George died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The shooter was licensed to have the weapon and was not charged, police said.
By JEFFMAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 10 people were killed in Chicago last week, with four fatal shooting on Thursday, including a former star high school basketball player and a man shot while trying to rob two other men.
The last homicide of the week was a man who died Sunday after he was shot while working as a bouncer late Saturday at an Irving Park neighborhood bar. Angel Ortiz Jr., 51, was working about 11:40 p.m. at Brudder’s Sports Bar at 3600 North Pulaski when someone fired shots from the street into the window, according to Chicago Police.
He was shot in the head and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died Sunday, according to police.
A 56-year-old man was found fatally stabbed inside an Irving Park neighborhood shop Friday afternoon. Officers called to check a report of a broken window at the store in the 3900 block of North Pulaski about 5 p.m. found Petro Rymar dead at the scene with multiple injuries, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Read more
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