Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Two teenage boys were among at least 19 people who died last week as a result of violence in Chicago last week, as the epidemic of gunfire continued to take its toll.

While 2016 saw the most murders in Chicago in more than two decades, 2017 is starting off on an even bloodier pace. The death toll is already at 43 and more than 230 people have been shot in just over three weeks. Last year there were a total of 50 murders for the entire month.

Two of last week’s victims were boys, both killed by gunfire in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Diabolique Anderson, 16, died Friday, two days after officers found him about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday on a sidewalk in the 6800 block of South Green, according to CHicago POlice and Cook County medical examiner’s office. He had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and thigh. Witnesses saw four male suspects take off in a black SUV after the shooting. Anderson was pronounced dead at 2:28 p.m. Friday at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

One day earlier, 15-year-old Bruce Marshawn Owens was shot to death Thursday night. Shortly before 9 p.m., someone walked up to him in the 6900 block of South Stewart, shot him repeatedly in the chest and abdomen, and then took off in a dark-colored vehicle, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Owens was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he died at 11:39 p.m.

• A 19-year-old man died Sunday, more than six months after he was shot while allegedly robbing a man in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 11:40 p.m. June 30, 2016, a 28-year-old man was in his vehicle in the 4000 block of North Laporte when he was approached by a man with a gun who tried to rob him, according to police.
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Cyrus “Jaquan” Williams died Monday afternoon, three days after he was shot in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 19-year-old was shot in the head about 5:40 p.m. Jan. 20 in the 600 block of South Sacramento, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Williams was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said. He lived in the South Side Oakland neighborhood. An autopsy Wednesday ruled his death a homicide.

Police did not have additional information on the shooting. Area North detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A south suburban man was ordered held on a $500,000 bond Tuesday, charged with fatally stabbing Reginald Boston, the cousin of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend.

Dalashawn Brown, 30, was outside the building of his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on the Far South Side early Sunday, as were the victim and his cousin, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said.

Boston, 26, and his cousin, who is dating Brown’s ex-girlfriend, heard footsteps in the gangway in the 3200 block of East 91st. When they saw someone walking in the gangway toward them, they saw Brown, Santini said.

Someone else asked who it was, and Brown responded “it’s Dayla,” referring to his nickname, Santini said.
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David Carroll Jr. was fatally shot Tuesday night on the block where he lived in the Far South Side Pullman neighborhood.

The 21-year-old Carroll suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his body about 7:45 p.m. in the 9700 block of South Woodlawn, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Carroll, who lived on the same block, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:14 p.m., authorities said. The circumstances of the shooting were unknown.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Giovanni Lopez was shot to death Monday afternoon in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

Officers responding to a shooting about 4:30 p.m. found the 20-year-old on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the lower body near 51st and Ridgeway, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:41 p.m., authorities said.

No one was in custody for the shooting Wednesday as Area Central detectives conduct a homicide investigation.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with funeral expenses.

The author of the page wrote: “He will be remembered as: a son, a brother, cousin, grandson, and a nephew. But most of all, a friend! His love for his family and friends was unconditional and sincere.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man shot to death Saturday afternoon in a vehicle in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as Jacob Norwood, 24-year-old father of two.

Norwood was sitting in a vehicle at 1:42 p.m. in the 2600 block of West Monroe when someone walked up and fired into the vehicle, striking him in the neck, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:09 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 800 block of South Karlov.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A Far South Side man has been charged with fatally shooting 21-year-old Tremayne Henderson Saturday evening in the Fernwood neighborhood.

John A. Smith, 22, faces one count of first-degree murder for Henderson’s death, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The two got into a fight shortly before 5 p.m. inside a home in the first block of West 104th Place, and Smith shot the younger man in the chest, authorities said.

Henderson was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 9:16 p.m., authorities said. He lived on the block where he was killed.

Smith, of the 12800 block of South Union, also faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance, police said. He is due in bond court on Tuesday.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Jamayah Field was found shot to death early Monday outside an Austin neighborhood elementary school on the West Side.

Officers responded at 1:54 a.m. to a call of a person shot and found the 20-year-old lying on the sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Maypole, near the playlot for Spencer Elementary Technology Academy, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Fields had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:05 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. She lived in South Bend, Indiana, according to the medical examiner’s office.

As officers investigated on the block and searched for shell casings, two women approached the crime scene tape. One of them, who lives on the block, said she hears shots fired “damn near” every day.

“I wonder how she ended up right there,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified, but added that she has lived on the block her entire life and attended Spencer. She also said her father was gunned down last year in West Garfield Park, but did not want to provide further information.

“Who was she?” the woman asked of the victim lying on the sidewalk outside the elementary school. “I hope it wasn’t anyone I know.”

Jomontae J. Freeman was found shot to death Monday night in the back seat of a car on the Near West Side.

Officers responded to a call of a person shot about 11:30 p.m. and found the 20-year-old in a silver car in the 1600 block of West Monroe, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Freeman had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:36 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 3600 block of West Chicago.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Anthony Hollins died Sunday, more than six months after he was shot in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, an incident police say started when he tried to rob a man.

About 11:40 p.m. June 30, 2016, a 28-year-old man was in his vehicle in the 4000 block of North Laporte when he was approached by a man with a gun who tried to rob him, police News Affairs Officer Michelle Tannehill said.

A struggle ensued and the gun went off, striking the 19-year-old Hollins in the neck, according to Tannehill and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hollins, of the 3000 block of West Addison, was initially taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, authorities said. He died at 9:36 p.m. Sunday at RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale.

An autopsy Monday found he died of complications of a gunshot wound to the neck and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner’s office said.

The 28-year-old man was not charged with a crime, Tannehill said.

Police said at the time there was a second robbery suspect who ran away after the shooting.