Tyree D. Grant was found shot to death early Friday on a sidewalk in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.
The 23-year-old was found unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 10500 block of South Dauphin at 1:08 a.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Grant, of the 100 block of West 112th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy found he died of five gunshot wounds to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide, authorities said.
Friends and family members are turning to social media to help solve the crime.
“The family of 23-year-old Tyree Grant is just looking for answers. They want to know why he was killed? Who’s responsible? … He had just started a new job and had enrolled at Olive Harvey College. He leaves behind a 5-year-old son and a baby boy on the way who is due in July,” a posting on Facebook said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A man who was shot to death Tuesday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side has been identified as Charis Vernell Eaton Jr. He was one of four men to die in gunfire on election night.
The 23-year-old was inside a business in the 1200 block of West 69th Street at 7:30 p.m. when someone came in and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Eaton, of the 7600 block of South Loomis, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
His death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A woman was fatally shot sitting in her vehicle in Belmont Gardens on Friday evening. | Network Video Productions
A woman who was fatally shot Friday evening in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been identified as
Jeanette Laureano.
Laureano, 24, was sitting in a parked car just before 6 p.m. in the 2700 block of North Kilbourn when another car pulled up. Someone got out of that car and shot her in the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Laureano, of the 2200 block of North Nagle, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found she died of multiple gunshot wounds.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Lorenzo Lonnell Lancaster died after he was shot Friday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Lancaster, 42, was shot in the chest at 1:52 p.m. in the 3700 block of West Division, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was taken to Norwegian American Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:38 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 3400 block of West Ohio.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A group of Chicago pastors have banded together in an effort called “Thou Shalt Not Murder,” calling for Chicago citizens to lay down their weapons and participate in a day without murder on Easter Sunday, March 27. | Photo from Facebook
By BRITTANY REYES
Homicide Watch Chicago
As the number of homicides in the city continues to spike in 2016, Chicago faith and community leaders are proposing a type of cease-fire: A day without murder.
The “Thou Shalt Not Murder” campaign is calling for Chicagoans to take a stand against violence by signing a petition to ”symbolize their oath to lay down their weapons and serve as advocates for the worth and dignity of every person.”
The group hopes to serve as a constant resource to the people who take this pledge by connecting them to other organizations and individuals who are passionate about making the upcoming Easter Sunday a murder-free holiday.
The idea for a day of peace stemmed from a discussion among pastors who gather together on a monthly basis to address prevalent issues threatening their faith communities.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Aries Sanders | Cook County sheriff’s office
A man was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for his role in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Joseph Brewer on the Far South Side in 2013.
Aries Sanders, 26, was found guilty of second-degree murder by Judge James Linn on Feb. 9 after a bench trial, according to Cook County court records.
Sanders was accused in the fatal shooting of Brewer on July 14, 2013, at a CHA complex in the 10500 block of South Oglesby Avenue, authorities said at the time.
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By SIMONE ALICEA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Police investigate a hostage situation that turned into a murder suicide when a man shot a woman and then killed himself Friday in Chicago Lawn. | Network Video Productions
Taylor Flowers died four days after she was shot during a hostage situation Friday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood in which her killer then took his own life.
Officers responded to a domestic incident at 2:23 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 60th Street, according to Chicago Police. A man with a gun had barricaded himself inside with a woman and a baby girl, and SWAT was called to the scene, police said.
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Sixteen-year-old boy Lucas Spicer was killed and two men were wounded in a shooting Thursday evening in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
At 7:12 p.m., the three were standing on a sidewalk in the 800 block of North St. Louis Avenue when a light-colored vehicle pulled up, and a gunman got out and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Spicer was shot in the chest and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:51 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1600 block of South Central Park Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
An 18-year-old man, shot in the chest and neck, was also taken to Stroger in critical condition, police said. A 19-year-old man suffered a graze wound and was taken in good condition at Norwegian American Hospital.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Police check the scene where a man was shot Tuesday night in the 7000 block of South Morgan. | Network Video Productions
Kenneth Renaldo Brown shot to death Tuesday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood, one of four men killed on primary election day in the city.
Brown, 31, was standing outside with a group of people in the 7000 block of South Morgan about 11:30 p.m. when several males walked up and someone opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Brown, of the 6000 block of South Paulina, suffered gunshot wounds to the eye, right arm and neck and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:21 a.m. Wednesday, according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Marvelle Arnold was shot Sunday morning in the West Side Homan Square neighborhood and died the next day, authorities said.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 6:40 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Lexington found the 18-year-old unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police.
Arnold was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m. Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 2700 block of West 15th Place.
An autopsy ruled his death a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
