Kelvin L. Davis, 24, was fatally shot May 1 in the Greater Grand Crossing community. Reader “Brea L.” posted this about him:
Such a young beautiful soul, gone before your time. You always brought a smile to my face. You didn’t deserve to this but I know you’re in a better place baby boy. And while you weren’t perfect you had a heart of gold therefore I know the gates of heaven will be open for you. I’ll miss you. See you again someday, rest peacefully.
-Love Brea & Chloe
Javier Garza (L) and Damien Garza (R) / Photo from Chicago Police
BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media
One of two men convicted of murder for shooting a 14-year-old boy on his way to get ice cream has been sentenced to 51 years in prison.
Michael Orozco and his friends were on their way to an ice cream shop when he was shot in the chest in the 2200 block of South Leavitt Street about 4:30 p.m. April 7, 2013. He died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.
Prosecutors claimed Javier Garza, then 19, shot Michael in an apparent attempt to avenge the murder of his father.
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Jerome Jackson / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago
A North Side man beat his 53-year-old mother and slit her throat because he thought she was stealing money from him, prosecutors said.
When police found Jerren Jackson‘s lifeless body in the family’s West Ridge home, she had been stabbed multiple times and had a piece of a dinner plate embedded in her cheek. She had a “severe slice wound from ear to ear on her throat,” multiple cuts on her head and face, a stab wound to the chest and defensive wounds on her hands, prosecutors said.
Her son, 24-year-old Jerome Jackson, was charged with first-degree murder for the May 5 attack in the 6200 block of North Bell Avenue, authorities said.
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BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago
Six people were killed throughout Chicago last week, including a 53-year-old woman who was stabbed and a 5-year-old girl who was beaten to death.
Two men were shot to death over the weekend, when at least 21 other people were wounded by gunfire.
The most recent killing happened when 23-year-old Theo Hike was shot multiple times in the 7400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Greater Grand Crossing about 11:55 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
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Theo Hike was killed in a Greater Grand Crossing shooting that left another man seriously wounded late Saturday.
The men were standing in the 7400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when two gunmen walked up and opened fire about 11:55 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Hike, 23, of the 7300 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, was shot in the head, neck and chest and died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.
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Marcus D. Franklin was shot to death in the Englewood neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
Franklin, 22, was on a sidewalk in the 7200 block of South Green Street when a gunman walked up and repeatedly shot him in the chest and neck about 12:55 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
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Lisamarie Villasana / Photo from Chicago Police
A South Side woman has been charged with murder after her 5-year-old stepdaughter was found beaten to death at their South Chicago home Thursday.
Verna Tobicoe was found unresponsive at her home in the 8300 block of South Brandon Avenue about 12:15 p.m. Thursday and was declared dead at South Shore Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.
An autopsy determined Verna died from internal injuries from multiple blunt force impacts, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Verna’s stepmother, 27-year-old Lisamarie Villasana, was charged with first-degree murder and Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered her held without bond Saturday, authorities said.
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A 5-year-old girl was beaten to death in the South Chicago neighborhood Thursday.
Verna Tobicoe was found unresponsive at her home in the 8300 block of South Brandon Avenue about 12:15 p.m. Thursday and was declared dead at South Shore Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.
An autopsy determined Verna died from internal injuries from multiple blunt force impacts, and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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Amari Sutton
BY MATT McCALL
Homicide Watch Chicago
Amari Sutton spoke out against the youth violence in the South Shore neighborhood.
Amari, 16, was found shot in the chest and neck near his home in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street about 6 p.m. April 23, authorities said.
A childhood friend, who asked not to be identified, said Amari was “really not” involved in gang activity at the time of his death.
“I think he was targeted due to his past gang affiliation or from an argument at school,” the friend said. “In our community, where we grew up, kids, mostly teenagers who were not part of the violence would be targeted. We were so used to violence and people getting beat up, and if you weren’t a part of that, you were against them. If you were against them, they were against you.”
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Antonio Galtney was shot to death in the Englewood neighborhood Thursday night.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 7000 block of South Sangamon Street found Galtney shot multiple times about 7:25 p.m., authorities said.
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