A 43-year-old west suburban man was shot to death Friday night in the North Austin neighborhood.
James K. Graham of Lombard was outside in the 5300 block of West North Avenue about 8:45 p.m. when a gunman walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Graham, who lived in the 100 block of West St. Charles Road in Lombard, was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was died at 9:27 p.m., authorities said.
Maria Moreno woman was fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.
About 12:30 a.m., the 45-year-old Moreno was walking with another person in the 2500 block of South Harding when she heard shots and realized she had been struck in the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
She was taken to Saint Anthony Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m., authorities said.
Moreno lived about a half-mile away from the scene of the shooting in the 2500 block of South Kedvale.
Fredrick Dockery was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 4:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Union found Dockery, 23, unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and neck, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 5:40 p.m., authorities said.
Dockery lived nearby in the 5200 block of South Union.
Two men were charged Friday with the fatal shootings of Ayanna Northern, Antian Hardmon and Tyrone Spikes during a memorial barbecue at a park last month in the Fuller Park neighborhood.
Lawrence Brown (left) and Anthony Jackson | Chicago Police
Anthony Jackson, 20; and Lawrence Brown, 22, were each charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, and two counts of aggravated battery, Chicago Police said.
Brown, of the 3700 block of South Wells, is also charged with one count of unlawful use and possession of a weapon by a felon, police said.
Jackson, of the 4500 block of South Drexel; and Brown were scheduled to appear in bond court Saturday. Read more
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Nicholson died Saturday after he was shot in the head Friday afternoon in what police are calling a domestic incident in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.
Nicholson was in a home in the 5100 block of North Austin Avenue about 3 p.m. when he was shot, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
He was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead at 3:21 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.
A man killed in a shooting more than a week ago that left two other people injured in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood has been identified as Kevin Hughes.
The three men were sitting in a parked vehicle in the 5400 block of South Prairie about 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11, when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Hughes, 35, was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 6200 block of South Rhodes.
A 40-year-old man was shot in the back, and a 24-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the head, police said. They were both taken to Stroger Hospital, where the older man was initially listed in serious condition and the younger man’s condition was stabilized.
Dwayne Richardson was killed and another man wounded in a Roseland neighborhood shooting early Sunday.
The men were in a vehicle pulling away from the curb in the 10500 block of South Prairie about 2:05 a.m. when a gunman walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police.
Richardson, the driver, sped away but the vehicle eventually crashed into a tree in the 10500 block of South Prairie, police said.
The 22-year-old was shot multiple times in the upper back and was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:50 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Richardson lived in the 10600 block of South Vincennes.
The 19-year-old passenger was shot in the left knee and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized, police said.
Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.
By ALEXANDRAKUKULKA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
After being shot in Austin in June, Derrick Smith was left paralyzed until his injuries killed him on Monday, authorities said.
Smith, 28, was sitting in a vehicle in the 5200 block of West LeMoyne Street at 10 p.m. June 21 when someone walked up and shot him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was shot several times and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said.
Smith, of the 0-100 block of North Waller Avenue, was pronounced dead at 5:15 p.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy Tuesday found Smith died of pulmonary thromboembolism immobility due to paraplegia caused by multiple gunshot wounds, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Terontay Atkinson was shot to death at a gas station in the West Side Austin neighborhood Monday night.
Atkinson, 20, was standing in the parking lot of Falcon Fuel in the 300 block of South Cicero at 9:25 p.m. when another male walked up and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Atkinson, of the 5000 block of West Maypole, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
By JEFFMAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 9 people were killed in gun violence last week in Chicago, including a 3-year-old boy who died after being accidentally shot by his 6-year-old brother while playing cops and robbers with their dad’s illegal gun. Michael Santiago told a judge he bought the gun to protect himself after the former gang member was tagged with a “snitch” label for testifying at the murder trial of another gang member. But Santiago’s 6-year-old son got his hands on the gun and accidentally shot his brother while the toddler ate a bowl of macaroni and cheese, Cook County prosecutors said at Santiago’s bond hearing.
Santiago said he warned his elder son that the Smith & Wesson .32-caliber revolver—bundled in pajamas atop the refrigerator in the family’s garden apartment in Humboldt Park—was to be handled “only by adults,” but the boy got the weapon and shot his brother, Eian H. Santiago, in the head just after 9 p.m. Saturday, prosecutors said. Police said the older boy was playing cops and robbers.
A family member carried Eian to Norwegian American Hospital. He was later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:48 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide.
Santiago, 25, admitted he bought the gun off the street, and had no carry permit or FOID card, prosecutors said. He was charged with felony child endangerment causing death, and ordered held on a $75,000 bond.
Two people were shot—one fatally—in the Gresham neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
Brianna Jenkins, 19, and a 20-year-old man were sitting in a car about 4:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Honore when someone walked up and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Read more
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