Antonio Cox | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/antonio-cox/Latest news about Antonio Coxen-usMon, 30 Dec 2013 08:55:13 -0600WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine murdered in attacks throughout the cityhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/week-in-review-nine-murdered-in-attacks-throughout-the-city/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Eight people were shot to death and one man was beaten and dismembered in murders throughout the city last week.</p> <p>Charges have been filed in three of the four killings.<br /> <span id="more-3693"></span><br /> On Saturday, 23-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/craig-williams/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Craig Williams</a> was shot to death while walking in the 4500 block of South Indiana Avenue about 4:10 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Two males exited a sedan and shot Williams several times, authorities said. Williams, who lived on the block, ran to a nearby vacant lot, where he collapsed and died.</p> <p>On Friday, police found 31-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jernale-richardson/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Jernale Richardson</a> was shot in the 5900 block of West Midway Park about 3:50 a.m., authorities said. Richardson, of the 5100 block of West Ohio Street, was shot in the chest and head and was dead on the scene.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/shaughnessy-simms/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Shaughnessy Simms Jr.</a> was charged with first-degree murder in Richardson's death.</p> <p>On Thursday, 50-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/elijah-johnson/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Elijah Johnson</a> was killed during a home invasion in the 1600 block of South Central Park Avenue about 8:15 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Johnson answered the door and got into a fight when two men tried to force their way inside to see a girl, authorities said. One of the men shot Johnson in the chest and the pair ran away.</p> <p>Johnson, of the 400 block of Stonewater Lane in Oswego, died at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On the West Side, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/dennis-glover/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Dennis Glover</a> was shot to death while walking with his girlfriend on a sidewalk near his home in the 700 block of South Kilbourn Avenue, authorities said.</p> <p>Two people approached the couple and shot Glover in the chest about 8:15 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. The shooters fled in an SUV.</p> <p>Glover was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:46 p.m. Thursday, according to the medical examiner’s office. His girlfriend was not injured, police said.</p> <p>On Wednesday, <a href="<a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/alexis-valdez/" >Alexis Valdez</a>">Alexis Valdez</a> attacked 41-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/silvestre-diaz-hernandez/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Silvestre Diaz-Hernandez</a> in an apartment in the 2500 block of North Kildare Avenue about 2 a.m., prosecutors said.</p> <p>Valdez, 18, of the 5000 block of West Drummond Place, was charged with one count of first-degree murder for allegedly beating Diaz-Hernandez to death with a hammer then dismembering his body, authorities said.</p> <p>Prosecutors claim Valdez lived in the home with his aunt, who asked him to move out. An angry Valdez attacked his aunt's boyfriend, Diaz-Hernandez, to get even, prosecutors said.</p> <p>On the South Side, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/eric-hunt/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Eric Hunt</a> was shot and killed in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Hunt, of the 4300 block of South Calumet Avenue, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County about 8:30 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Monday, 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/alexander-rodriquez/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Alexander Rodriguez</a> was shot in the chest, leg and abdomen area in the 2300 block of North Ridgeway Avenue about 7:40 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Rodriguez died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 8:32 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In the West Pullman neighborhood, 19-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/natasha-green/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Natasha Green</a> and a 23-year-old man were shot in the 11700 block of South Eggleston Avenue about 12:35 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Green, of the 11700 block of South Normal Avenue, was shot in the head died at Roseland Community Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.</p> <p>The 23-year-old man was shot in the leg and survived, police said.</p> <p>In the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, 23-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/christopher-lang/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Christopher Lang</a> was walking in the 3400 block of West 72nd Place about midnight Monday he was shot in the abdomen area, authorities said.</p> <p>Lang, of the 3500 block of West 72nd Place, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 3:22 a.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/daquon-renfro/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Daquon E. Renfro</a>, 19, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/antonio-cox/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Antonio Cox</a>, 20, were each charged with murder in Lang's death, authorities said. The men approached Lang and asked to buy marijuana then shot him during an attempted robbery, prosecutors said.</p> Michael LansuMon, 30 Dec 2013 08:55:13 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/week-in-review-nine-murdered-in-attacks-throughout-the-city/Silvestre Diaz-HernandezDennis GloverNatasha GreenEric HuntElijah JohnsonChristopher LangJernale RichardsonAlexander RodriguezCraig WilliamsAntonio CoxDaquon RenfroShaughnessy SimmsAlexis ValdezDaquon Renfro, Antonio Cox charged with killing Christopher Lang during attempted robbery near his Chicago Lawn homehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/24/daquon-renfro-antonio-cox-charged-with-killing-christopher-lang-during-attempted-robbery-near-his-chicago-lawn-home/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2013/12/DaquonRenfro-240x300.jpg" alt="Daquon Renfro / Photo from Chicago Police" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-medium wp-image-3638" /><br /> Daquon Renfro / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p>Two men were charged with murder and attempted robbery Tuesday for allegedly fatally shooting <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/christopher-lang/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Christopher Lang</a> early Monday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/daquon-renfro/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Daquon E. Renfro</a>, 19, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/antonio-cox/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Antonio Cox</a>, 20, each face one count of felony murder and attempted robbery with a firearm, according to a statement from Chicago Police.<br /> <span id="more-3636"></span><br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2013/12/AntonioCox-240x300.jpg" alt="Antonio Cox / Photo from Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-3639" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Antonio Cox / Photo from Chicago Police</p><br /> Lang, 23, was walking on the sidewalk in the 3400 block of West 72nd Place just after midnight Monday when the men exited a dark-colored car and opened fire at him, authorities said.</p> <p>Lang, of the 3500 block of West 72nd Place, was shot in the abdomen area and died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 3:22 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Renfro, of the 6000 block of South Wabash Avenue, and Cox, of the 8400 block of South Throop Street, are scheduled to appear for a bond hearing Wednesday. </p> <p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/427.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuTue, 24 Dec 2013 17:49:31 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/24/daquon-renfro-antonio-cox-charged-with-killing-christopher-lang-during-attempted-robbery-near-his-chicago-lawn-home/Christopher LangAntonio CoxDaquon Renfro