Adama Moye was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday night while sitting in a vehicle in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side.
Moye, 22, was sitting in a parked car about 10 p.m. in the first block of West 98th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A dark vehicle pulled alongside the car and someone inside fired shots.
Moye, of the 4900 block of South Dorchester, was shot in the chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 10:41 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
He was the son of popular percussionist Famoudou Don Moye, who performed with the Art Ensemble of Chicago avant-garde quintet.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Elijah Terry died less than 30 minutes after being shot by another man Saturday afternoon in the Far South Side Washington Heights neighborhood.
Terry, 23, was standing outside at 3:39 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Halsted when a male suspect walked up, pulled out a gun and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Terry was shot in the face and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 1100 block of West 107th Place.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
A sister and brother killed in a domestic-related shooting that left two other people critically wounded early Thursday in their South Chicago neighborhood home have been identified as Emoni House and Elijah House.
The four people were shot by a “known suspect” in the 8000 block of South Shore Drive about 12:10 a.m., according to Chicago Police.
The suspect got into argument with one of the victims and it turned physical, police said. He then left the home, but returned with a gun and shot all four victims.
Emoni House, 20, and her brother, Elijah House, 16, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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A man who was shot to death Wednesday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as 51-year-old Gregory Wong.
Wong was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head at 7:21 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 5th Avenue, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Wong, of the 2900 block of South Emerald, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:30 p.m.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Luis Villa was found fatally shot early Sunday in the driver’s seat of a car on the block where lived in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
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Villa, 36, was sitting in the parked car about 12:30 a.m. in the 5600 block of South Kolmar, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. That’s when a silver vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire.
Villa was shot in the side of his torso and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:42 a.m., authorities said. He lived on the same block where the shooting happened.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
An 18-year-old man shot to death Friday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as Seneka Harrison.
Harrison was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest in an alley about 5 p.m. in the 4700 block of West Congress, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Harrison, of the 1800 block of South Homan, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:41 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Police responding to a shooting found Cynthia D. Richardson with a fatal gunshot wound to the neck on the front lawn of a home in the West Englewood neighborhood early Saturday.
Officers responding to a call of a person shot just after 1 a.m. found the 54-year-old Richardson outside a home in the 5900 block of South Winchester. She had suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Richardson, who lived in the 2100 block of West 63rd Street, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:30 a.m., authorities said.
Area South detectives have launched a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Steven Hicks was fatally shot Friday afternoon in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
At 1:47 p.m., the A 28-year-old Hicks was walking in the 8900 block of South Parnell when a car drove by and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Hicks was shot in the face, chest and hand; and was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 2:34 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 8800 block of South Union.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
Eighteen-year-old Deon Virges ran into a business after being shot late Friday along the border of the Park Manor and Chatham neighborhoods, but died just moments later.
About 11 p.m., Virges ran into a store in the first block of East 75th Street with a gunshot wound to the throat, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Virges, of the 7500 block of South Calumet, collapsed and died there, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m.
Friends said Virges was going to the store to get something for his grandmother.
No one was in custody for the shooting as of late Sunday.
A memorial service will be conducted from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Empowerment Zone at 7421 S. South Chicago Ave.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire
By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
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The death of
Jessica Williams, a 16-year-old who suffered a fatal asthma attack after witnessing a shooting that left two people dead and two more injured at a party in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in July, has been ruled a homicide.
The gunfire erupted following a dispute over a curbside parking spot at a party in the 800 block of West 50th Place at 12:18 a.m. July 28, according to Chicago Police.
Two women were holding a parking spot for a friend, who was circling the block in a vehicle, when a man pulled up and opened fire after a brief confrontation over the parking spot, authorities said at the time.
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