Juan Cardenas of Blue Island died early Monday after being dropped at a Near West Side hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
About 3:05 a.m. Monday, acquaintances of Juan Cardenas dropped him off at Rush University Medical Center at 1653 W. Congress Pkwy., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Cardenas, 28, of the 2700 block of Grunewald Street in Blue Island, later was transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 5:02 a.m., authorities said.
Cardenas wasn’t able to communicate and investigators have not determined where the shooting happened. Area Central detectives are investigating.
Cardenas’ was fourth homicide among at least 20 people shot across Chicago last weekend.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Tracey Morgan was killed and a woman injured in a Chatham neighborhood shooting Tuesday night.
Morgan, 25, was sitting in a vehicle with a 56-year-old woman in the 8200 block of South Lafayette about 8:30 p.m. when another vehicle approached and someone inside opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Morgan, of the 7800 bock of South Hoyne, was shot in the abdomen and the woman was shot in the arm, authorities said.
Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where Morgan was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m., authorities said. The woman’s condition was stabilized.
An autopsy Wednesday found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A party in the West Side Austin neighborhood turned deadly early Saturday when shots were fired, leaving Alston Ronnie McNeal dead.
McNeal, 33, was at a party on his block in the 1100 block of North Lawler about 3:20 a.m. when another male at the party shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
McNeal was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office
An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday has been identified as Eric Garth.
He was a passenger in the vehicle, which was in the 3900 block of West Ferdinand about 4:10 a.m. when someone walked up and shot him in the neck and face, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Garth, of the 700 block of North Harding, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:44 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 8 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, including three teenage boys—two of them 15 and one 17.
Fifteen-year-old Kiyon Evans was shot to death Friday afternoon in Austin. Police discovered the boy’s body in a rear yard in the 4900 block of West Congress at about 12:45 p.m., according to Chicago Police.
Evans suffered gunshot wounds to the legs and torso, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Evans, who lived in the 700 block of East 50th Place, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Another 15-year-old, Davion Funches, was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in Chicago Lawn.
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By FRANK MAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-TimesChicago Police work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Tougher gun laws would have kept 160 people behind bars so they could not have become suspected shooters or victims of gun violence this year, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Seventy-four shooting victims and 86 shooting suspects were previously convicted of gun possession and were free after serving time behind bars or receiving probation.
They would have been behind bars and not on the street to become victims or suspects under stricter laws—which include a minimum sentence of three years in prison for gun possession and “truth in sentencing,” said Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the department.
“I think the data underscore why we need to create a culture of accountability for those who engage in gun violence,” Guglielmi said of the ongoing police analysis of shooting victims’ and suspects’ cases.
There were 2,249 shooting victims and 370 murders in Chicago this year through Oct. 5. Murders have risen 21 percent over the same period of 2014.
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Fifteen-year-old Kiyon Evans was shot to death Friday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Police discovered the boy’s body in a rear yard in the 4900 block of West Congress about 12:45 p.m.
The boy suffered gunshot wounds to the legs and torso, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Evans, who lived in the 700 block of East 50th Place, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Lance Braxton was killed and another wounded during an armed robbery at a dice game in the Austin neighborhood Thursday night, Chicago Police said.
Braxton, 36, and another 36-year-old man were outside playing dice in the 5800 block of West Chicago about 8:30 p.m. when at least two other people walked up and started shooting, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Both men were shot and someone drove them to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, police said.
Braxton, of the 800 block of North Mayfield, was shot in the chest, and was pronounced dead less than 30 minutes later, authorities said.
The other man was shot in the chest and arm, and his condition was stabilized, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Jonathan Pulido, who was critically wounded last Sunday in a Gage Park shooting on the Southwest Side, died two days later.
Pulido, 21, was a passenger in a vehicle at 12:37 a.m. Oct. 4 in the 5300 block of South Sacramento when someone outside the vehicle began firing shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was shot in the back of the head, and was taken in critical condition to Holy Cross Hospital, police said. He was later transferred to Mount Sinai Hospital.
Pulido, of the 5100 block of South Mozart Avenue, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. Oct. 6 at Mount Sinai, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Detectives are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
William Cochran | Chicago Police
Just an hour after
John “Buck” Buckner purchased a new Dodge Charger, he was gunned down in front of his Morgan Park home, where friends and his 11-year-old grandson gathered to admire his new ride, Cook County prosecutors said Friday.
Buckner, a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department, was unloading groceries from the car with the help of his wife and grandson the night of Sept. 16.
His five friends across the street on the porch in 11500 block of South Church were happy to see Buckner’s new car, too.
The excitement didn’t last long.
Soon, William Cochran and two others, armed and riding by on bicycles, opened fire, Assistant Cook County state’s attorney Kim Przekota said.
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