David Finney was almost done with an airbrushed mural of Michael Jordan and the 1992 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, a friend said.
He will never get the chance to finish that mural because he was fatally shot April 10 during a domestic argument at his Morgan Park home, authorities said.
Friend Ashley Jones said Finney was an airbrush artist whose Roseland studio, Beyond Urban, kept the neighborhood safe.
Jones, 23, said Finney was always coming up with new ideas for drawings.
In 1999, Finney had a minor moment of fame as a mural artist for the film “Light It Up,” starring Usher Raymond and Forest Whitaker, Jones said. Read more
A man and woman were shot to death when gunfire erupted in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood Sunday morning.
Michelle Malave, 34, and Simmy Madrid, 30, were walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne Avenue when someone got out of a car and opened fire about 6:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Read more
D’Montre Smith was fatally shot in the Washington Heights neighborhood Monday night.
Smith, 21, was standing in the 10200 block of South May Street when a dark car drove past and somebody inside opened fire about 10:30 p.m., authorities said. Read more
A nightclub owner’s management practices and the City of Chicago’s negligence led to a fatal shooting outside a Bucktown nightclub last month, a newly filed lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court by the estate of Deonta Jackson and names Sam Menetti, owner of Dolphin Chicago, and the City of Chicago as defendants.
As the fight continued, security guards pushed Jackson toward the nightclub’s north exit, at which point someone fatally shot him, according to the suit. Read more
Devante Warnsby, 21, was fatally shot April 8 in the South Chicago neighborhood. Reader “Sunshine” posted this about him:
Devante Warnsby was a wonderful young man just trying to find his way he has held the same job for the last 16 months he just had started a second job he was waiting for his results from his EMT test he was hoping he had passed so he could start a career he literally always made everyone laugh and smile he didnt deserve this he was like a little brother to me and it saddens us all to have to say good bye in this way love u forever baby boy RIP
Seven people were killed throughout Chicago last week.
The victims included a 58-year-old woman who was found strangled, a 50-year-old restaurant owner and a downstate woman.
Five of the slayings happened over the weekend, when at least 30 others were wounded by gunfire.
The most recent killings happened when a 34-year-old woman and man in his 20s were fatally shot while walking in the 2700 block of North Lavergne Avenue in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood about 6:30 a.m. Sunday, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet released their names. Read more
Courtney Jackson was killed, and another man was wounded, was gunfire erupted in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Friday night.
The men were inside a car in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue when a gunman walked up and opened fire about 10:50 p.m., police said. Read more
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Homicide Watch Chicago is dedicated to the proposition that murder is never a run-of-the-mill story. Attention must be paid to each one, not merely a select and particularly tragic few. We understand the reality of the public’s demand for news - that some stories get more attention than others. But all murders represent a degree of human suffering - direct and indirect - that cannot be ignored. Read more…
