Homicide Watch Chicago

Marvin Carr, aka Chicago rapper Capo and a member of Chief Keef’s “Glo Gang,” was killed in a South Shore neighborhood shooting that also resulted in a 1-year-old boy being fatally struck by a vehicle fleeing the gang-related attack Saturday.

Marvin Carr, aka Chicago rapper Capo

He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he later died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hadn’t confirmed the death as of Sunday morning.

Carr, who went by the name Capo, was the man killed in the attack, according to manager Renaldo Hess. A police source confirmed the identity of the victim.
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By BECKY SCHLIKERMAN
Chicago Sun-Times

Little Dillan Harris, being pushed in a stroller by his mother, died Saturday afternoon when he was run down by a vehicle fleeing a deadly gang shooting in Woodlawn.

Dillan Harris, just over a year old, was struck and killed Saturday by a vehicle fleeing a deadly gang shooting on the South Side. | Family photo

“I tried to save my baby,” his mother said later as she gathered with grieving relatives on the South Side.

She said she’d been standing, waiting at a bus stop at 63rd and Ellis a little before 2 p.m. Saturday with her three kids—Dillan and his two older sisters. On a warm day, they were headed for a family outing at 63rd Street Beach.

That’s when a westbound car, which Chicago Police said was fleeing a shooting in the 7700 block of South Kingston that claimed the life of a 22-year-old man, raced up.
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Tarvares Herron was shot to death early Saturday in a vehicle stopped at a red light in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the city’s South Side, police said.

A man sits near the scene of a fatal shooting early Saturday in the 6900 block of South Lafayette. | Network Video Productions

He began talking with two females who were inside a black car that was also stopped at the light, according to the police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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Mourners pay their last respects to Amari Brown Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. | Brian Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times

Some were barely tall enough to peer inside the white casket.

Others wore green T-shirts paying homage to Amari Brown’s crime fighting, pizza-loving heroes.

A few even went a step further and wore Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costumes to honor the 7-year-old boy who was gunned down on the 4th of July.

“I hope we all learn from this,” Amari’s principal at the Leif Ericson Elementary School told the crowd of 600 at Amari’s funeral Saturday afternoon.
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A South Side man has been charged with the 2014 fatal shooting of Richard Johnson of Riverdale man in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Joshua Ford | Chicago Police

Johnson was a passenger in a vehicle going eastbound on Stewart when he was shot in the head by someone on the streer about 3 a.m., police said at the time. He was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and later transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died a day later.
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By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

When Naomi Freeman tried to run over her abusive boyfriend John Perry with her white minivan the first time, she missed, prosecutors allege.

Naomi Freeman | Chicago Police

Freeman, 23, took him up on the challenge, hitting the gas pedal and striking Perry as she drove onto the sidewalk, through a fence and into a yard in a West Side neighborhood, authorities said.

Her attorney, Steven Pick, said Freeman, charged with murder, had no choice after Perry punched her more than 25 times, dragging her out of her van by her hair.
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Following the violent Fourth of July weekend that left 10 people killed and 55 wounded, numerous people are sending state Sen. Mattie Hunter of Chicago condolences on the death of her two nephews, John Hunter and Willie Hunter.

One post reads, “My condolences Mattie” by John Adams.

Another post reads, “sending healing prayers for heart. prayer for your family,” from Glora Gwendolyn Davis.

Villa Ross was one of the first to send sympathies to Hunter. Ross’ post reads, “My condolences out to thw family of Senator Mattie Hunter. So sorry for ur liss rhis violent weekend. Know you are in our prayers. Remember ‘Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.’ GOD bless you all.”

Funeral proceedings for both men will take place Friday, July 10.

—Homicide Watch Chicago

Northwest Indiana resident Jovan Dovantae Hopkins was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Thursday night on the South Side.

About 8:45 p.m., the 22-year-old was walking in the 5200 block of South Emerald when someone walked out of a nearby gangway and opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The shooter then jumped in a vehicle, which sped away, police said.

Hopkins was shot in the upper body and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 9:33 p.m., authorities said.
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17-year-old Kimythe Hubbard was shot to death Thursday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.

Hubbard was walking in the 6600 block of South Blackstone just after 10 p.m. when a gunman walked up and shot him repeatedly, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hubbard, of the 2900 block of South King Drive, was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:24 p.m.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A South Side man was arrested Wednesday, accused of gunning Eddie Jones down a man last summer over a debt.

Glen Phillips | Chicago Police

Jones, who had been driving with his girlfriend and a friend, had stopped his car when he heard his name being called out on the evening of June 25, 2014.

When Jones, 54, stepped outside his car to talk to the two people, Phillips emerged from the rear of vehicle and confronted Jones about money he owed, Cooper said.
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