Antoine Coney was fatally shot on an Austin porch Thursday evening.
Coney, 21, was on the porch in the 5200 block of West Quincy Street when a gray vehicle pulled up and a gunman exited and opened fire about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.
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Fabian Echevarria, 24, was fatally shot March 19 in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Reader “Xiomara Lockett” posted this about him:
It is so sad my prayers goes to his family now his baby got no father R.I.P Fabian
Antwan Elliott / Photo from Chicago Police
BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media
Antwan Elliott was ordered held without bond Tuesday after prosecutors claimed he fatally shot 16-year-old Giovanni Matos last week in the Portage Park neighborhood.
Matos was walking with two friends in the 5800 block of West Patterson Avenue when a vehicle pulled up about 1 p.m. March 15 and Elliot got out and asked the three about their gang affiliation, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors claimed Matos and his two acquaintances were gang members, and when they told Elliott their gang affiliations he opened fire on them.
Elliott continued shooting at the group even as they attempted to ran away, prosecutors said.
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A U.S. Postal Service employee was found shot to death inside a vehicle in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 2800 block of West Warren Boulevard found the 27-year-old dead man inside a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds about 6:35 a.m., police said.
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Dushanti Hassell / Photo from Facebook
BY SUN-TIMES STAFF
Dushanti Hassell was killed Sunday night in the Ravenswood neighborhood after a shooting that one alderman called gang related.
Hassell, 21, was with a group in an alley in the 2200 block of West Winnemac Avenue when gunfire erupted about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
Hassell, of the 5700 block of North Kenmore Avenue, was shot in the head and died about three hours later at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
A WBEZ investigation released on Monday examined the declining number of murder cases closed by Chicago Police over the past 25 years.
Since 1990, the number of murder cases closed in the same year the killing happened fell from nearly 70 percent to below 30 percent. With the mayoral election just two weeks away, there has been a renewed interest on the yearly murders totals — and subsequent arrests — since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took office in 2011.
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Antwan Elliott / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Antwan Elliott was charged with murder Monday in the shooting death of 16-year-old Giovanni Matos this month in the Portage Park neighborhood, police said.
Matos was walking with two friends in the 5800 block of West Patterson Avenue when a gray car pulled up and an argument ensued about 12:50 p.m. March 15, authorities said.
Gang slogans were exchanged during the argument, then Elliott exited the car and opened fire, police said.
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BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media
The death of a 79-year-old woman who died after a “suspicious” fire earlier this month in the East Garfield Park neighborhood has been ruled a homicide.
Margaret Noble was injured during fire that started about 3 a.m. March 8 at her coach house in the 300 block of South Albany Avenue, authorities said.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze about 40 minutes after arriving, authorities said.
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Terrell Foster, 21, was fatally shot March 20 in the South Chicago neighborhood. Reader “God sees all” posted this about him:
It’s real sad this hits close he was my friend a young man just made 21 so full of life funny guy playful anytime you was around him guaranteed laughs I’m gonna miss you my creep RIH DEBO
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Ten people were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week.
Four of the slaying happened over the weekend, when at least 18 other people were wounded by gunfire.
The most recent killing happened when 21-year-old Dushanti Hassell was shot in the head in the 2200 block of West Winnemac Avenue about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
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