James Finney / Photo from Chicago Police
BY REEMA AMIN
Sun-Times Media
A Morgan Park man shot his brother to death during an argument over money at their Far South Side home late Friday, prosecutors said.
David Finney, 39, returned to his home in the 11300 block of South Green Street about 10 p.m. Friday with his girlfriend and friend, said Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Barry Quinn.
Once inside, David Finney and his brother, 42-year-old James Finney, got into an argument over money and bills, Quinn said.
David Finney’s girlfriend went to his bedroom when the brothers began to fight, then heard a single gunshot and James Finney say, “I just popped your ass,” prosecutors said.
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BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Four men were fatally shot and a 56-year-old woman was suffocated last week in Chicago.
Two of the fatal shootings happened over the weekend, when at least 26 other people were wounded by gunfire.
The most recent killing happened when a 22-year-old man sitting a vehicle parked in the 400 block of East 72nd Street in the Park Manor community was shot multiple times about 8:40 p.m. Saturday, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not yet released his name.
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David E. Finney was fatally shot during a domestic fight at his Morgan Park home late Friday, authorities said.
Finney, 39, got into an argument with a male who pulled out a handgun and shot him in the chest at his home in the 11300 block of South Green Street about 10:35 p.m. Friday, authorities said.
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Mikal Johnson / Photo from Facebook
BY MATT McCALL
Homicide Watch Chicago
Mikal Johnson was excited to learn that he made the cut for a local semi-pro football team.
Two days later, the former star running back at Rolling Meadows High School was shot to death in the Logan Square neighborhood, authorities said.
Relatives said Mikal Johnson was also a member of the Rolling Meadows wrestling team, where he finished third in the state tournament in 2008.
But the devoted Bears’ fan’s true passion was football, family said.
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Robert Hill / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Chicago Police officers looking to tell a 56-year-old Montclare woman that her stolen car had been located instead found her 33-year-old boyfriend trying to dispose of her body in a garbage can after he suffocated her the night before, prosecutors said.
Assistant State’s Attorney Akash Vyas said Robert Hill put his hand over Sandra Fellows’ nose and mouth to prevent her from breathing Tuesday night.
Hill then poured water on Fellows face, forcefully took out her dentures to stop her from biting and smothered her to death at her home in the 6600 block of West Beldin Avenue, Vyas said.
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Joseph Hill / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Joseph Hill was ordered held without bond Friday after prosecutors said he fatally shot Devante Warnsby Wednesday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood.
Warnsby, his two adopted brothers and a friend were walking near East 84th Street and South Essex Avenue when a gray Mitsubishi with tinted windows pulled up about 11 a.m. Wednesday, Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Cooper said.
Hill got out of the car and asked the group if anybody had marijuana, Cooper said. When the group replied that they did not, Hill pulled a gun from his waistband and opened fire, she said.
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Robert Hill / Photo from Chicago Police
Robert Hill has been charged with murder after Sandra Fellows was found suffocated in her Montclare home Wednesday afternoon.
Police responding to a call found 56-year-old Sandra Fellows dead in her home in the 6600 block of West Belden Avenue about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
An autopsy determined Fellows died of asphyxiation and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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Larry Hardin Jr. was fatally shot March 9 in the Washington Heights neighborhood. Reader “STILL…SMH” posted this about him:
Larry, you were just waiting for you first child to be born. He was born the same week you died. Larry the III.
I miss you so much. I am confident I will see you again in the resurrection of the righteous and unrighteous.
Mikal Johnson / Photo from Twitter
Mikal Malik Johnson was shot to death in the Logan Square neighborhood early Wednesday.
Johnson, 24, was walking in the 2700 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue when a vehicle pulled up and somebody inside got out and shot him in the chest about 3 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
The shooter got back into the vehicle, which fled north through an alley, police said.
Johnson, of the 1200 block of West Belden Avenue, later died Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.
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Erick Gill / Photo from Chicago Police
BY SUN-TIMES STAFF
Two brothers have been charged with murder after prosecutors claim they chased a rival gang member out of a Belmont Cragin Dunkin’ Donuts and shot him to death.
Prosecutors said Stephon Gill got angry when rivals jumped a fellow Latin Styler gang member while the pal was with his child.
So Stephon and Erick Gill went into the Belmont Cragin Dunkin’ Donuts a few weeks later and killed one of the culprits, Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Karr said.
On March 25, a witness saw Erick Gill hand his brother a handgun before the brothers and their friend entered the Dunkin’ Donuts at 5201 W. Fullerton Ave, Karr said.
Once inside, the Gills and their friend chased Edgar Muneton and two other Latin Kings through the Dunkin’ Donuts, behind the counter and into the employee area, Karr said.
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