Nineteen-year-old Jimmy Tripp was shot to death in Englewood on Wednesday night.
About 9:45 p.m., Tripp was in the 800 block of West 68th Street when someone walked up and shot him several times before running off, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Tripp, who lived in the 7300 block of South Emerald, was dead at the scene, authorities said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Daniel Guerra was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening in Belmont Cragin on the Northwest Side.
About 5:30 p.m., three men got into a fight with another person, who pulled out a gun and started firing in the 5900 block of West Diversey, according to Chicago Police.
Guerra, 19, was shot in the neck and chest, and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Guerra lived in the 2100 block of North McVicker.
A 23-year-old man shot in the back also was taken to Illinois Masonic in critical condition; and a 22-year-old shot in the hand was taken to Community First Medical Center, where his condition stabilized, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Orlando Calderon was killed and woman wounded in Belmont Cragin on Tuesday afternoon.
About 4:47 p.m., the 18-year-old Calderon and 21-year-old woman were shot in the 6100 block of West Fullerton, authorities said.
Calderon was shot in the back and taken to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 10 p.m. The Cook County medical examiner’s office said lived Calderon of the 5000 block of West Fullerton.
The woman was shot in the leg and her condition had stabilized at Loyola, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times
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Smith was found May 10 in a black Pontiac Grand Prix suffering two black eyes, a fractured neck, lacerated liver and four broken ribs, Cook County prosecutors said.
That morning, neighbors of Phil Jones, 37, heard fighting and noises coming from his apartment in the 1200 block of West 14th, authorities said. They also heard the sounds of someone dragging something down the stairs, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jennifer Keating said at Jones’ bond hearing Wednesday.
Jones later called a friend and asked if they would check on a parked car near Thomas and Latrobe, because his “girl” had a few drinks and was unresponsive, Keating said.
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Sixteen-year-old Marcus Weathers was killed, and two other people, including a 14-year-old girl, were wounded in a drive-by shooting late Tuesday in North Lawndale.
Weathers was standing on a front porch in the 1300 block of South Kostner with the girl and a 42-year-old woman about 11:40 p.m. when a white, four-door car drove by and someone inside fired shots at them, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Weathers, who lived on the same block, was shot in the back, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 1 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
The woman was shot in the right leg and the girl was shot in the back, police said. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Wesley Kelly died Friday, one day after the 25-year-old was shot while riding in a vehicle in Greater Grand Crossing.
Kelly was the backseat passenger in a vehicle heading west on 67th Street near Michigan Avenue at 9:10 p.m. Thursday when someone walked up and fired shots at the vehicle, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Kelly, of the 6200 block of South Evans, was shot in the head, and was driven to St. Bernard Hospital, authorities said. He was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 6:06 p.m. Friday.
An autopsy Tuesday showed he died of a gunshot wound to the head, the medical examiner’s office said.
Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-releated.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A man killed in a shooting that left another man wounded early Saturday in East Garfield Park has been identified as Calvin McConnell.
The victims, ages 34 and 28, were parked in a vehicle in the 2900 block of West Lexington about 4:10 a.m. when a black vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired at them, police said.
The older man, identified as McConnell, was shot in the chest and shoulder, and was dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 2600 block of West Lexington.
The 28-year-old was shot in the neck, chest and shoulder, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Chicago Police have opened a homicide investigation after Lloyd A. White was found dead with blunt force head trauma in an Avondale basement Monday morning.
About 11 a.m., the 51-year-old White was found in the basement of a building in the 3900 block of North Spaulding, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. White lived on the same block.
He was dead at the scene, authorities said. An autopsy Tuesday found he died of multiple sharp and blunt-force injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide.
In a message posted on Facebook, Ald. Deb Mell (33rd) said the victim “appears to have known his assailant. This incident appears to be personal in nature, not a gang-related incident.”
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Kevin Nichols was shot to death while standing on a porch in Austin on Monday night.
Nichols, 25, was standing on a porch with a female in the 400 block of North Lawler about 9:35 p.m., when another male walked up and shot him in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Nichols, who lived on the same block, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:21 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Tyris R. Jackson was shot to death while walking in Kenwood on Monday night.
Jackson, 35, was walking in the 4900 block of South Drexel about 8:30 p.m. when a white SUV approached and the front passenger exited the vehicle, pulled a handgun and fired multiple shots, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The shooter then jumped back into the SUV, which sped away northbound.
Jackson, who lived on the same block as the shooting, suffered gunshot wounds to the back and arm, authorities said.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:04 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
