Homicide Watch Chicago

Donald White, wounded in a shooting more than a week ago in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, died Friday of the injuries suffered in that attack.

The 29-year-old White was pronounced dead at 3:20 a.m. Friday at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn from complications of multiple gunshot wounds, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

White was one of two men shot about 3:20 p.m. March 21 in the 1700 block of West 72nd Street, according to Chicago Police.

The other man, 28, was shot in the abdomen and was also taken to Christ, where he was listed in fair condition, police said

No one was in custody for the shootings.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Patrice L. Calvin was preparing for the birth of her first child. Now her family is preparing for a funeral.

Patrice L. Calvin | Facebook

Calvin was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in her apartment in the 7500 block of South Luella at 12:06 p.m., according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Calvin, who attended Dunbar and Julian high schools, was four months pregnant when was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:27 p.m., authorities said.

Police had been called to the building Wednesday night after a neighbor reported hearing possible gunshots inside the apartment.

However, police left after no one answered the door. A police source said officers cannot force entry into a home unless someone’s life is in immediate danger, and there was no sign of that in this case.

Calvin worked as a cashier at a neighborhood Burger King.

Her death was one of eight fatal shootings in the South Shore neighborhood in a period of about 24 hours from Wednesday night though Thursday night.

No arrests had been made in any of those cases as of Friday morning.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel had harsh words for the shooter or shooters.

“There is a level of evil and depravity about an individual [who] would shoot a pregnant woman,” the mayor said.

“Now, there are other people [who] I believe … opportunity and jobs will make a difference in their life. For the people that did what they did yesterday…there’s only one place for them,” the mayor stold reporters. “They do not belong in our society, they do not belong in our city and they do not belong on the streets. They belong behind bars.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire and Homicide Watch Chicago

Sixteen-year-old Darmayah Smith, known to friends as “Bug,” died nine hours after he was shot Wednesday evening near his home in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The boy was walking at 6:23 p.m. in the 11000 block of South Edbrooke when someone approached on foot and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Smith, who lived three blocks away, suffered gunshot wounds to the torso and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

He was pronounced dead at 3:58 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

No one was in custody.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Romille McCall, a 23-year-old west suburban resident, died Thursday afternoon, a day after being shot Wednesday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

McCall, a Cicero resident who formerly lived in DeKalb, was driving at 6:37 p.m. Wednesday in the 5100 block of West Chicago Avenue when he was shot in his back and arm, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He took himself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition was stabilized, authorities said. He was later transferred to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:25 p.m. Thursday.

Area North detectives were investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JEFF MAYES
Homicide Watch Chicago

Despite a dramatic reduction in homicides in Chicago so far in March, another 5 people died from violence in the city last week.

As of March 30, there had been 28 homicides in March, and while that may seem high, it follows a February in which at least 48 people were slain, and a January that saw 53 homicides, according to Chicago SUn-Times records.

There have been at least 129 homicides this year, and while the city was keeping pace with last year’s numbers, it has now fallen behind 2016, during which 149 people had been slain in the same time period.

Last week’s victim included a 14-year-old boy, shot to death Saturday afternoon in Austin on the West Side; and a 22-year-old man known as an outstanding athlete in the Far South Side Rosemoor neighborhood, who died Wednesday, five days after being shot in the neighborhood where he live..

The teen, Laquan Allen, was on the sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Hubbard just after 3 p.m. when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m., according to authorities.
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By ANDY GRIMM
Chicago Sun-Times

Lionel Parks | Chicago Police

Lionel Parks and a second man killed the four and wounded two others in a botched robbery of a drug dealer on Dec. 17, prosecutors said during a hearing Wednesday at Cook County Criminal Court. Parks was ordered held without bond on four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Parks, 29, had visited Elijah Jackson’s home in the 100 block of West 105th Street twice on Dec. 17, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, Assistant State’s Attorney Ed Murillo said.

When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside the house. The pair ordered the occupants to lay face down on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs.

Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed the four. Elijah Jackson’s 18-year-old niece also suffered multiple gunshot wounds and remains in a coma, Murillo said.
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By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Timothy Ward | Illinois Dept. of Corrections

Timothy Ward, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and being a felon in possession of a firearm on Monday before Judge Dennis Porter, according to Cook County court records.

On the morning of July 18, 2015, Ward was standing outside a van he’d been riding in with eight other people when the 25-year-old Hayes and others came up to him and his friends in the 3500 block of West Grenshaw, prosecutors said at Ward’s bond hearing.

Minutes before, the van, driven by Ward’s wife, had stopped in front of a home there because some passengers wanted to use the bathroom, prosecutors said.

At some point, someone from Hayes’ group punched one of the occupants of the van who had been standing outside with Ward, prosecutors said. That’s when Ward pulled out a handgun and shot Hayes.
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By ELIZABETH CZAPSKI
Homicide Watch Chicago

Chicago hip-hop artist Marcus Alexander’s newest single, “Moment of Silence,” pleads for an end to gun violence in the city, and its inspiration bloomed out of personal tragedy—Alexander’s stepbrother Hector Badillo Jr. was shot and killed in East Garfield Park last July.

Hector Badillo Jr./Facebook

Badillo, also known as “Coonie,” was passionate about cars, and spent a lot of time at his father’s auto body shop working on them, especially on his treasured 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle. He also enjoyed playing cards and dominoes with his father and other employees, according to Alexander and other family members. “They were hanging out on a normal Saturday like they always do” when Badillo was killed, Alexander said.

Badillo, 31, was outside the shop while his fiancee sat in her SUV across the street about 3:30 a.m on July 2, 2016. That’s when someone walked out of an alley in the middle of the 700 block of North California and fired shots, according to Chicago Police and Badillo’s family.

He was struck in the neck and fell to the ground. The shooter then ran back down the alley.

A witness waiting outside a nearby bar for an Uber said he heard gunfire and saw a man on the ground. He said he ran to the man and tried to help him.
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Just over a year ago, Laquan Allen survived being shot in the thigh. But on Saturday afternoon, the 14-year-old was shot to death in a drive-by attack while walking in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

Just after 3 p.m., the boy was on the sidewalk near Hubbard Park’s playground in the 4900 block of West Hubbard when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The McNair Academic Center student suffered a gunshot wound to the buttocks, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:34 p.m., according to authorities. He lived in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Area North detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

An argument in the vestibule of a South Side Gresham neighborhood apartment building left Tanisha Jackson dead and two men wounded early Sunday.

The victims in the apartment building vestibule in the 900 block of West 76th Street about 1:40 a.m. Sunday when they got into an argument with another group of people, according to Chicago Police. During the argument, two males pulled out guns and fired shots.

The 30-year-old Jackson was shot multiple times and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 6:15 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. She lived in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

A 29-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the back and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center, police said.

A 28-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the chest, but refused medical attention, police said.

No one was in custody as of Monday morning as Area South detectives investigate.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire