Homicide Watch Chicago

Nineteen-year-old Cashes McCree was shot to death Tuesday morning while riding a bicycle in the West Side Austin neighborhood.

McCree was riding in the 1500 block of North Lockwood about 9:30 a.m. when two gunmen walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was shot multiple times in the torso, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:06 a.m., authorities said.

McCree, who attended Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia, lived less than a mile from the site of the shooting in the 900 block of North Lockwood.

The shooting broke a nearly 70-hour span during which there were no murders in the city. The previous reported fatal shooting had been about 2:30 p.m. Saturday in West Englewood.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

T-shirts were posted on the South and Southeast sides on Sunday, calling on Chicagoans to put away the guns on Easter Sunday. | Facebook

The Rev. Karen Mooney, one of the organizers of the “Thou Shalt Not Murder” campaign, realized it was a start, but not a true victory.

“I find myself grateful that, by grace, no murders happened on Easter Sunday. Twelve people were shot, our victory hollowed, but through the hard work of first responders and medical professionals, no one has died,” she posted on the Thou Shalt Not Murder Facebook page.

“For all those who have helped through prayer and work and witness, I am grateful that you brought your talent and time and faith to bring hope into our world. Grateful that memorials were placed, events held, articles written and ideas shared.
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Andrew Love was fatally shot and another man wounded during a fight inside a popular club in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood early Friday.

The 50 Yard Line at 75th and Michigan was the scene of a fatal shooting early Friday. | Facebook photo

The two were inside the 50 Yard Line Sports Bar & Grill near 75th and Michigan a few minutes before 2 a.m. when someone pulled out a gun and shot them, authorities said.

Andrew Love, 29, was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:52 a.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 7300 block of South Peoria.
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An 18-year-old north suburban man who was shot to death in Rogers Park on Wednesday afternoon has been identified as Antonio Robert Johnson.

About 4:15 p.m., Johnson was outside in the 7400 block of North Ridge when someone walked up and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was pronounced dead at 4:19 p.m. on the way to Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in north suburban Evanston.

Two people were seen running from the scene eastbound on Birchwood Avenue, according to a police source. Witnesses said they heard between 10 and 20 gunshots, and Johnson might have been riding a bicycle when he was shot.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiners office.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Darren Foggey | photo provided

Rasaan Price, now 17, was found guilty of murder Oct. 22, 2015, after a four-day jury trial, according to Cook County court records. Price was 15 when the shooting happened on July 23, 2014.

Foggey was watching television with friends in his bedroom in the 6700 block of South Artesian Avenue when Price walked up and fired a single shot into the first-floor window about 9:25 p.m., according to prosecutors.
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Christopher Harp | Chicago Police

A 30-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder for the shooting of Antonio Galtney last year in Englewood.

Christopher Harp of the 7000 block of South Carpenter was ordered held Saturday on a $2 million bond.

Harp is accused of killing the 28-year-old Galtney, who was found mortally wounded May 7, 2015, in the 7000 block of South Sangamon, according to the Chicago Police.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired found Galtney shot multiple times about 7:25 p.m., authorities said at the time.

Antonio Galtney | photo provided

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Cordero Mosley was killed and a second man wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Mosley, 27, and a 28-year-old were in the 7000 block of South Paulina about 2:10 p.m. when two black males walked up and fired shots at them before running away, according to Chicago Police.

Mosley was shot three times in the right shoulder, once in the left shoulder, once in the back, and once in each leg, authorities said.

Mosley, of the 6700 block of South Wood Street, was taken Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:28 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The 28-year-old suffered a graze wound to the head and was treated at the scene.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Timothy Ward | Cook County sheriff’s office

Cook County prosecutors didn’t explain what started the argument, but said that Timothy Ward was standing outside a van he had been riding in with eight other people when Hayes and others came up to him and his friends in the 3500 block of West Grenshaw.

Minutes before on that morning of July 18, 2015, the van, driven by Ward’s wife, had stopped in front of a home there because some passengers wanted to use the bathroom, Assistant State’s Attorney Matthew Howroyd said in court.

At some point, someone from Hayes’ group punched one of the occupants of the van who had been standing outside with Ward, Howroyd said. That’s when Ward allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot the 25-year-old Hayes.
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A man fatally shot in a vehicle early Wednesday in Humboldt Park has been identified as Mario Ramirez Jr. | Network Video Productions

Mario Ramirez Jr. was shot to death early Wednesday inside a car in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.

Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 12:08 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Pulaski found the 35-year-old inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound, according to Chicago Police.

Ramirez, of the 1800 block of North Tripp, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:18 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy showed he died of a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Jarvis Coleman was shot to death Tuesday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.

Coleman, 24, was standing on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of North Keeler about 10:15 a.m. when someone walked up to him and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Coleman, of the 700 block of South Kostner, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. His family said he lived in the 4200 block of West Maypole.

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

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire