Robert Howard was found shot to death Tuesday evening in the University Village neighborhood.
The 62-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 6:40 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Maxwell, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Howard lived in the same block as the shooting.
An autopsy found Howard died of multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.
Police said the shooting might have been related to an earlier dispute he had with a neighbor. Detectives are questioning at least two people of interest in connection with the shooting.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Lester Weatherspoon died Wednesday, five months after he was assaulted last summer in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
The 64-yer-old Weatherspoon died at 5:05 a.m. Wednesday at RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was beaten up about 4 p.m. Aug. 30, 2015, in the 2700 block of West Harrison, according to Chicago Police and the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Thursday found he died of complications of blunt force injuries to the head suffered in that assault, according to the medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Cory D. Brown was killed in a drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
The 33-yer-old was outside in the 0-100 block of South Leamington about 4 p.m. when a vehicle drove by and someone inside fired at him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Brown, of the 5000 block of West Washington, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:40 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Illinois Institute of Technology student Jermiron “Jay” Morris was beaten to death by another student on the school’s Bronzeville campus on the South Side early Thursday.
Morris, 36, and the another student were returning to campus early Thursday when they got into a fight, according to Chicago Police and a statement on IIT’s website.
Morris was found lying on the ground with blood and trauma to his face at 5 a.m. in the 3000 block of South Wabash Avenue, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The other student, a 43-year-old man, was taken into custody, police said.
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By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Ricardo Villanueva died Tuesday, more than four years after being shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
When he was 31, Villanueva was shot in the 6000 block of South Francisco at 2:26 p.m. Dec. 10, 2011, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and Chicago Police.
Villanueva, who at the time lived in the 4800 block of South Hoyne Avenue, suffered gunshot wounds to the neck, elbow and leg; and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment, police said.
Tuesday, at age 35, Villanueva died in the Brentwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Burbank at 3:57 p.m., according to the medical examiner.
An autopsy Wednesday found he died of complications from the 2011 gunshot wounds. His death was ruled a homicide.
No one was ever charged with the shooting.
Seventy-six-year-old Claude Cannon was found shot to death Tuesday afternoon in his home in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Officers conducted a well-being check in the 13200 block of South Riverdale about noon and discovered Cannon with gunshot wounds to his chest and buttocks, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:22 p.m., authorities said. Cannon lived in the same block as the shooting.
Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Robert Danno | Cook County sheriff’s office
A Southwest Side man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for strangling his wife and mother-in-law, putting their bodies in a vehicle, then setting it on fire at a suburban forest preserve in 2013.
Robert Danno, 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder at the Bridgeview Courthouse on Friday, according to Cook County court records.
Danno, with the help of 26-year-old Jose Fernando Martinez-Hernandez, strangled his wife, 51-year-old Mary Ann Urban-Danno, and then strangled his mother-in-law, 79-year-old Theresa Urban, inside the family home in the 5600 block of South Neenah, prosecutors said.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Clifton Hooker | Chicago Police
A man who stabbed his boyfriend,
Alphonzo Guinyard, to death during an argument about their relationship Sunday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood has been ordered held on a $1 million bond.
Clifton Hooker, 32, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of the 26-year-old Guinyard, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
Hooker and Guinyard had known each other for six years and had been dating since 2014, according to prosecutors.
About 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Guinyard visited Hooker at his home in the 3400 block of West Polk to talk about their relationship, prosecutors said. At some point, Guinyard demanded to see Hooker’s phone because he believed Hooker was cheating on him.
They began arguing and Hooker told Guinyard to leave, prosecutors said. Guinyard didn’t leave and Hooker called 911 to report an “unwanted person” in his home.
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A man has been charged with stabbing Alphonzo Guinyard to death during an argument Sunday morning in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
Clifton Hooker, 32, is charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
Hooker was arguing with a 26-year-old Guinyard in the 3400 block of West Polk about 9:20 a.m. when he stabbed the younger man in the back, according to police.
Guinyard was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the argument was domestic-related, but the exact relationship between the two men was not immediately known.
Hooker, who lives in the home where the stabbing took place, was scheduled to appear in bond court Tuesday.
Guinyard was originally from Titusville, Florida, where he graduated from Titusville High. He also graduated from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. He was employed by Macy’s.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Senclair Hill was shot to death Monday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side.
Officers responded to a call of a car crash and shots fired in the 10600 block of South Sangamon Street about 8:22 p.m. They found the 25-year-old with a gunshot wound to the back in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had crashed into a parked car, Chicago Police said.
Hill was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 10700 block of South Church.
Hill was a graduate of Julian High and also attended Chicago State University. He worked for UPS.
Hill was among five people fatally shot in Chicago on Monday.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
