By JORDANOWEN, RACHELHINTON and JEFFMAYES
Chicago SUn-Times
Laquesha “Quebaby” Holmes didn’t deserve this, according to friends. The 33-year-old mother of four died Wednesday morning after she was chased down and shot multiple times in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side, police said.
About 10:30 a.m., Holmes, known to friends as “Quebaby,” was near Spaulding and Cortland when a black Dodge Charger with tinted windows approached and a man got out, authorities said.
He chased her, then fired several shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
When it was over, Holmes had been shot 12 times, police said.
Neighbors found her unresponsive and she was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 11:02 a.m., authorities said. An autopsy Thursday showed she died of multiple gunshot wounds. Read more
At least 19 people died from violence the week of August 14-20 in Chicago, but it could have worse, as a mass shooting early Sunday in West Pullman killed one person, and left six others injured.
The Far South Side shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m., while the group was in the parking lot as the weekly dance party was breaking up at the Universal Entertainment Center in the 11900 block of South Loomis. A man in a black SUV opened fire, according to Chicago Police. The SUV then sped away, and two officer who witnessed the shooting, but lost the vehicle on the expressway.
Kolby Craig, 33, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:35 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Englewood. A 30-year-old man was shot in the left leg; a 31-year-old woman was shot in the left leg; a 32-year-old woman was shot in the right leg; a 32-year-old man was shot in the abdomen; a 33-year-old woman was shot in the left leg; and a 36-year-old man was shot in the buttocks, police said.
Three people were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, while two others were taken to Stroger Hospital, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. They were all listed in serious-to-critical condition. A seventh person was shot and taken to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island. That person was in fair-to-serious condition.
An eighth person, a 40-year-old man, was struck by the shooter’s vehicle and suffered a broken right ankle, police said. He was taken to Christ, where his condition stabilized. The owner of the banquet hall has voluntarily closed the property.
In other shootings last week:
A man was killed and two other people wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. They were on a porch about 6:25 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Polk when an SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire, according to police. Damian Rowdan, 22, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. A 17-year-old boy was shot in both legs and was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. An 18-year-old man was shot in the right thigh and was taken in good condition to Stroger Hospital.
Calvin Robinson was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
Shortly before 5 p.m., a man walked up to the 41-year-old Robinson in the 5200 block of South Bishop and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Robinson suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:13 p.m., authorities said. He lived about two blocks from the shooting scene.
The suspect was a black man, thought to be between 25 and 30, wearing a white shirt and red pants, police said.
Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.
A man shot to death early Sunday in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side has been identified as a 22-year-old Quienten Anthony Tucker, who lived several blocks from where he was shot.
Tucker was standing outside about 2 a.m. in the 1000 block of West Maxwell, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A vehicle drove up, two people jumped out and both opened fire, police said.
Tucker suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
He lived several blocks away on the Near West Side.
A man gunned down early Sunday in Brighton Park has been identified as 30-year-old Benjamin “Benji” Robles, a husband and father from the Southwest Side Clearing neighborhood.
Robles was in a vehicle about 5:10 a.m., stopped at a light in the 3800 block of South Archer, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Another vehicle approached and someone inside fired multiple shots, police said.
Robles suffered gunshot wounds to the head, neck and arm; and subsequently crashed his vehicle, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
He lived in the Southwest Side Clearing neighborhood.
The page’s author called Robles “the most loving father, husband, son, and friend.” The Curie High graduate worked at Bob’s Discount Furniture, and leaves behind a wife and 3-year-old son.
A friend wrote on Facebook: “I don’t think I ever saw Benji without that smile on his face and it truly made you feel at ease and in a better mood.”
Visitation and wake will be conducted from 2-8 p.m. Saturday, August 26, at Mount Auburn Funeral Home, 4101 S Oak Park Ave. in Stickney. Funeral services begins at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Remus Campbell was killed and two other people were wounded in a drive-by shooting early Sunday in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
Campbell, 32, was in the group standing outside about 4:30 a.m. on the sidewalk in the 7700 block of North Ashland, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A Ford SUV drove past and someone inside fired shots in their directio, police said.
Campbell was shot in the neck and was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead at 5:35 a.m., authorities said. He lived a few blocks away in the same neighborhood as the shooting.
A 23-year-old man was shot in the left hip and a 23-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, police said. They were also taken to Saint Francis, where their conditions were stabilized.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Cornell “Mellow” Verner was killed Saturday afternoon in an Englewood neighborhood shooting on the South Side.
The 24-year-old Verner was sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle about 4:20 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Carpenter, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Someone walked up to the vehicle and fired shots, striking Verner multiple times in the face and torso, authorities said. The shooter then ran away.
Verner was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m., authorities said. His home address was not known.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Damien “DayDay” Rowden was killed and two other people were wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday evening in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.
The three were on a porch about 6:25 p.m. in the 3000 block of West Polk, according to Chicago Police.
An SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire.
Rowden, 19, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:01 p.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.
A 17-year-old boy was shot in both legs and was taken in good condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. An 18-year-old man was shot in the right thigh and was taken in good condition to Stroger Hospital.
A former teacher, Jasmine Adams, wrote of Rowden on Facebook: “Literally at a loss for words; but then I remember the sweet serene energy that Damien brought to our work place and although he said little, I made sure to let him know that his life matters.
“I say time and time again that liberation and resistance HAS to start in the hood. The people most affected. Regardless of where he grew up, Damien deserved to live, he should still be here. It is moments like these that reignite the reason I do what I do.
“Damien Rowden, age 19 will be remembered for not what he does, but for simply existing. Praying healing over his mother.”
Jerrell J. Perkins was killed and a woman was injured in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in the Far South Side West Pullman neighborhood.
The 26-year-old Perkins and a 45-year-old woman were standing on the street near a parked car about 4:30 a.m. in the 12200 block of South Green, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A black SUV pulled alongside them and someone inside started shooting.
Perkins was shot in the head and was taken to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, where he was pronounced dead at 4:46 a.m., authorities said.
The married father of two young sons lived about a block from where he was shot. He was known to friends as “Rell.”
The woman suffered gunshot wounds to the left arm and left leg. She was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where her condition was stabilized, police said.
Jose Carlos Romero Hernadez died Sunday morning, more than 16 hours after he and another man were wounded in a Logan Square neighborhood drive-by shooting on the Northwest Side.
Romero Hernadez, 21, and a 20-year-old man were walking at 6:26 p.m. in the 2700 block of North Monticello, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A dark-colored SUV pulled up and someone inside opened fire before the vehicle sped away, police said.
Romero Hernadez was shot in the head, while the younger man suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh. They were both taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where the younger man was pronounced dead at 11:12 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.
He lived in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.
The younger man’s condition was stabilized, police said.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
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