Derrius Drakes, 23, was fatally shot Feb. 25 in the Roseland community. Reader “Keebler Martinez” posted this about him:
He definitely was on the ball [and] had just returned from the military, working going to school supporting his family and his son. He was doing great and we all [are] still proud of his maturity.
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Four men were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.
All four killings happened last Wednesday, which was then followed by one of the city’s longest stretch without a murder so far this year.
The killing started when police found 60-year-old Bernard Monroe shot in the head near his home in the 11400 block of South Prairie Avenue about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Monroe was declared dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Chicago had one fewer killing this February compared to last February, but slayings remain higher than last year after a violet January.
Chicago Police reported 19 murders in February 2015, one less killing than last February and six more than February 2013. The 19 slayings were more than a 20 percent decrease from the 27 murders in February 2012 and the 24 in February 2011.
Despite the slight decrease in February killings, the city still has a 20 percent increase in murders this year compared to last year after a 40 percent increase in murders in January.
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Otis Harriel / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
A 47-year-old father fatally shot a man who allegedly directed his daughter to a Back of the Yards home, where she was beaten and robbed at gunpoint in April 2014, prosecutors said.
Martavian Emery and his 20-sister were walking to a restaurant on April 25, 2014, when Otis Harriel‘s daughter asked Emery where she could buy marijuana, said Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Karr.
Emery directed Harriel’s daughter to a house in the 5400 block of South Winchester Avenue, where she was pistol whipped and robbed at gunpoint, Karr said.
Early the next day, Harriel confronted Emery for information about the robbery and threatened those responsible, Karr said.
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A 60-year-old man was shot to death in the Roseland neighborhood Wednesday night.
Police found Bernard Monroe lying on the ground near his home in the 11400 block of South Prairie Avenue about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
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Derrius Drakes / Photo from GoFundMe.com
Derrius Drakes was fatally shot in the Roseland neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Drakes, 23, was standing outside in the 11300 block of South Parnell Avenue when a gunman shot him in the back about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Drakes, of the 200 block of West 112th Street, took himself to Roseland Community Hospital, where he died less than 15 minutes later, authorities said.
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Demarcus Nelson was killed in an Austin neighborhood shooting that left two other men wounded Wednesday afternoon.
Nelson, 20, was part of a group sitting inside a vehicle in the 4600 block of West Maypole Avenue when gunfire erupted about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
Nelson, of the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue, was shot in the arm, back and neck and died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.
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Albert S. Turnage was killed in a Rogers Park neighborhood shooting that left another man critically wounded early Wednesday.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue found two men wounded in an alley about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
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Timothy Jones was convicted Feb. 21 of the murder of Jacqueline Reynolds after a Chicago Police car slammed into her during a high-speed chase Jones initiated following a residential burglary. Reader Dionne Stewart Smith posted this about the killing:
Jackie was a personal freind [sic] of mine..and I couldn’t be happier at the outcome. This young man had a choice to make when he woke up that morning. He could’ve been a productive law abiding citizen or break the law. His decision put into play my friend’s death and one of the worst phone calls I’ve ever had to receive at work.
Edwin Cook / Submitted photo
BY CHANTELLE NAVARRO
Homicide Watch Chicago
Drummer Edwin Cook wanted to go to college to pursue a career in music, family said.
“Ever since he was little, the whole family can remember him getting two sticks and just drumming … on a pot, the floor, your head if he could,” said Cook’s aunt, Johneece Cobb. “He would beat on everything.”
Cook, 19, will never get the chance to pursue a career in music because he was fatally shot Jan. 21 in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue in the Chicago Lawn community, authorities said.
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