WEEK IN REVIEW: Seven shot dead throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:13:51 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago

Seven men were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.

Three of the killing happened over the weekend, when at least 23 other people were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent killing happened when Arturo Olivera was found shot in a vehicle near North Kenton and West End avenues about 2 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Olivera, of the 800 block of Thornwood Lane in Glenview, was declared dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office, which did not release his exact age.

On Friday, 19-year-old Anfernee Durant was shot multiple times during a drive-by shooting in the 7800 block of South Vincennes Avenue about 6:20 p.m., authorities said.

Durant, of the 7800 block of South Loomis Boulevard, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

In the Chicago Lawn community, 18-year-old Tyree D. Harris was in the 6800 block of South Western Avenue when a gunman walked up and shot him in the head about 6:15 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

Harris, of an unidentified home address, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn about two hours later, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Wednesday, 40-year-old Darriel Woods was in the 5000 block of South Racine Avenue when a gunman exited a vehicle and opened fire about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Woods, of the 5600 block of South Bishop Street, was shot in the chest multiple times and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County about an hour later, authorities said. A 25-year-old man was also wounded, but survived, police said.

In the Chicago Lawn, 19-year-old Edwin Cook was shot multiple times on a sidewalk in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue about 9 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Cook, of the 6600 block of South Bell Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.

In the New City community, four males approached a home in the 5300 block of South May Street, knocked on the door and shot 25-year-old Heath Huntspon when he answered about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Huntspon was shot once in the chest and died at the scene, authorities said.

The killing started when Christopher Garcia went to 26-year-old Derrick McIntyre's apartment in the 7800 block of South Coles Avenue and fatally shot him about 10:10 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

McIntyre was declared dead less than an hour later at Christ Medical Center, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Prosecutors claim Garcia, of the 8000 block of South South Shore Drive, admitted to police he went to McIntyre’s home armed with a weapon to help get back items he said the man ripped off from his friend.

Additionally, charges were upgraded to murder Friday against 28-year-old Dantis Porter after prosecutors said he brutally beat 1-year-old Johnny Kimble on Jan. 6. The child died Jan. 9, and Porter was ordered held without bond on the upgraded murder charges.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 23 Chicago deaths in 2015 a homicide.

Christopher Garcia charged with murder in South Shore shooting of Derrick McIntyre

Michael Lansu — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:37:56 -0600

Christopher Garcia / Photo from Chicago Police

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A 26-year-old felon charged in the murder of a rival allegedly admitted to police that he came to victim’s South Side apartment armed with a weapon to help get back items he said the man ripped off from his friend.

Christopher Garcia and others confronted Derrick McIntyre after McIntyre came back to his apartment in the 7800 block of South Coles Avenue following a food run at a corner store Tuesday morning, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Barry Quinn said.

The agitated group told McIntyre, 26, to let them in the apartment to take back some property.

But McIntyre refused, authorities said.

“I’m not gonna let you in my apartment take what you want because my girl and my baby are in there,” McIntyre’s pregnant girlfriend heard him say.

The girlfriend looked through the peephole outside the first floor unit and saw a man holding a gun to McIntyre, Quinn said.

The girlfriend grabbed her phone, called 911 and took her child through the backdoor toward a neighbor’s apartment across the courtyard, Quinn said.

When the girlfriend arrived at the neighbor’s door, she heard gunshots, Quinn said.

She then saw the man she had seen earlier with the gun running across the courtyard without the weapon, Quinn said. She also said she saw two others emerge from the hallway near her front door.

Chicago Police officers responding to the robbery in progress saw 26-year-old Garcia running southbound on Coles Avenue and hopping over a fence as he headed toward an abandoned building, Quinn said.

He was later found hiding underneath a tarp just 1 1/2 blocks from the crime scene. Garcia’s hooded sweatshirt and white knit cap were also in a nearby yard, Quinn said.

McIntyre was discovered near his bathroom floor with seven gunshot wounds to his left hand, wrist, torso, back and chest, Quinn said.

He was later pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Garcia, of the 8000 block of South South Shore Drive, allegedly admitted to police that he had opened fire on McIntyre.

He was also caught on surveillance camera entering the apartment courtyard before the shooting and his right hand tested positive for gunshot residue, Quinn said.

Garcia, who has a 9-year-old child, was ordered held without bond Thursday for first-degree murder, murder while committing another forcible felony and attempted robbery with the discharge of a firearm.

Garcia has previous felony conviction for a possession of a controlled substance and burglary.

Christopher Garcia | Homicide Watch Chicago

WEEK IN REVIEW: Seven shot dead throughout Chicago

Christopher Garcia charged with murder in South Shore shooting of Derrick McIntyre