Erick L. Lacey was killed and a woman wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
The two 19-year-olds were sitting in a vehicle in the 5200 block of South Peoria Street about 2 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. That’s when a white car pulled up behind them and someone inside fired shots.
Lacey, who lived in the 5100 block of South May Street, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
The woman was shot in the back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Pablo Ulloa was killed and two other men were wounded Friday night in a shooting in the Ravenswood neighborhood, about half a mile from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home.
An argument broke out about 7:30 p.m. at a party inside an apartment in the 1900 block of West Belle Plaine, according to Chicago Police.
Ulloa, 25, pulled out a handgun and shot a 23-year-old man in the neck and another 25-year-old in the abdomen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Raymon Blount was killed and four other men were wounded in a Lawndale neighborhood shooting Friday night on the West Side.
The goup was standing on a sidewalk in the 1500 block of South Kedzie about 8:45 p.m. when they heard shots, according to Chicago Police.
Blount, 29, was shot in the shoulder and chest, and took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 300 block of North Pine.
Two 28-year-old men, each shot in the right thigh, went to the same hospital, though one drove himself and another was take by ambulance, police said. Their conditions were stabilized.
A 21-year-old man shot in the left ankle took himself to Saint Anthony Hospital. His condition was also stabilized, police said. A 26-year-old man who suffered a graze wound to the right thigh declined medical attention.
Matthew Ehrenberg was fatally shot in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood Friday night on the Northwest Side.
Emergency crews responded about 9:45 p.m. to a shooting in the 4500 block of West Deming, where they found 37-year-old Ehrenberg unresponsive inside a home, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He had suffered gunshot wounds to the armpit.
Ehrenberg, who lived in the same block, was dead at the scene, authorities said.
Police are conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Autopsy results were inconclusive, but Chicago Police are investigating the death of 63-year-old Keith West in his Uptown apartment last month as a homicide.
Officers arrived about 3:45 p.m. Dec. 26 to conduct a well-being on West at his apartment in the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Someone had called police after they could not make contact with West.
He was discovered inside the apartment “seriously battered,” police said.
West was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:41 a.m. Dec. 28, the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy was inconclusive, with results pending further studies, according to the medical examiner’s office.
However, police said they are investigating the death as a homicide. As of Thursday afternoon, no one was in custody.
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Franklin Carlos Aguilar died Wednesday, nearly two weeks after being shot on Christmas Day in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Two men were sitting in a vehicle in the 4700 block of South Loomis about 2:10 a.m. Dec. 25 when a vehicle pulled alongside and someone shot them, according to Chicago Police.
The 39-year-old Aguilar was shot in the head, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Aguilar, of the 7200 block of South Millard, died at the hospital at 5:27 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said. An autopsy found he died of complications from a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.
The other man in the car, 20, suffered a graze wound to the back and refused medical treatment, police said.
Erskin Palm was found shot to death Wednesday night in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers responded about 11:30 p.m. to the 9300 block of South LaSalle, where they found the 31-year-old on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Palm, of the 7700 block of South Laflin, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later, according to the medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A 21-year-old man shot to death Monday morning along a Safe Passage route in the Austin neighborhood has been identified as Jeffrey A. Mattix.
The victim was shot multiple times in the chest just after 8:20 a.m. in the 300 block of North Central Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Mattix, who lived a block away in the 400 block of North Central, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he died at 8:58 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
The block where the shooting happened lies on a Safe Passage route for Ellington Elementary at 243 N. Parkside Ave., according to the Chicago Public Schools website.
The shooting occurred less than two blocks from the school, and police believe it was gang-related.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Ronald Jerome Clarke was killed in a shooting in a Back of the Yards neighborhood apartment Tuesday night.
The 23-year-old was in an apartment in the 2000 block of West 52nd Place about 8:21 p.m. when he and another person got into a fight, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The other person then shot Clarke in the face.
Clarke, of the 5300 block of South Hoyne, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:25 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A teenage boy and girl—Donta Parker and Sakinah Reed—were killed and a third teen was wounded in a Grand Crossing neighborhood drive-by shooting Tuesday afternoon.
The three were standing on a corner in the 7600 block of South Dorchester about 3:30 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Parker, 16, was shot in the head; and the 17-year-old Reed was shot twice in the chest, police said. Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where Reed died at 4:28 p.m., and Parker at 4:31 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Another 16-year-old boy shot in the hand was taken to St. Bernard Hospital. His condition stabilized, police said.
Parker lived in the 7800 block of South Cregier, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Reed was from the 9000 block of South Burley.
Autopsies Wednesday found Parker died of a gunshot wound to the chest, and Reed died of multiple gunshot wounds.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
