WEEK IN REVIEW: Six people killed in Chicago, including newborn baby dropped from 8th-floor window in Uptown

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:00:40 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 6 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including a newborn baby girl, whose mother is charged with dropping her from an 8th-floor window shortly after giving birth on the North Side.

The newborn, being called Baby Jane Uddin was found dead outside an Uptown building Wednesday night.

About 11:20 p.m., she was found in the yard in the 800 block of West Eastwood, the same block where the suspect lives, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The baby was taken to nearby Weiss Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 12:57 a.m.

Bond was denied Saturday for 19-year-old Mubashra Uddin, who police say gave birth to the girl, then dropped her from the 8th story of a high-rise.

Uddin faces faces first-degree murder charges, according to police.

A 25-year-old man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.

At 12:30 p.m., Eric Jordan was walking in the 1600 block of West Howard when someone walked up and shot him, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Jordan, of the 4600 block of North Racine, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and back, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

A 33-year-old man was shot to death in West Garfield Park Thursday morning.

Lee M. Fields was found about 10:35 a.m. in the 4400 block of West Monroe Street with two gunshot wounds to the lower abdomen, according to police. He ran into a building and collapsed on the stairs.

Fields, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later, the medical examiner’s office said.

A man was found shot to death in a car Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

James Mitchell, 38, was found with a gunshot wound in the driver’s seat of a car about 10 p.m. after the vehicle crashed into the side of a building in the 100 block of East 127th Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Mitchell, of the 8400 block of South Maryland Avenue, suffered a gunshot wound to the upper back and was dead at the scene, authorities said.

A suspect is in custody after 42-year-old Terrell Peterson was found dead following a fight inside an apartment Wednesday morning in Austin.

Officers responding to a report of a battery in progress at an apartment in the 800 block of North Central at 6:30 a.m. found Peterson unresponsive, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Peterson, who lived on the block where he was found, was dead at the scene, authorities said.

Dwayne Jones has been charged with beating Peterson, his mother’s fiance, to death in front of two young relatives who were watching cartoons in a bedroom.

After beating Peterson, Jones took off on one of the children’s bicycles, Cook County prosecutors said in court. Jones, 20, was angry at Peterson because he thought he had taken his wallet.

He was taken into custody at a downtown bus station Wednesday morning, police said. He was charged with murder and ordered held on a $2 million bond.

The week's first homicide was 23-year-old man shot to death Monday afternoon, also in West Pullman.

At 2:25 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 300 block of East 120th Street and found 23-year-old Mark Anthony Hayes unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the arm and torso, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Hayes, of the first block of West Brayton Street, died at Stroger Hospital about 30 minutes later.

Prosecutor: Terrell Peterson killed by his fiance's son in front of children at family home in Austin

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:31:35 -0600

By RUMMANNA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Dwayne Jones | Chicago Police

An Austin man has been charged with beating his mother's fiance Terrell Peterson to death in front of two young relatives who were watching cartoons in a bedroom of the family's home.

After beating the 42-year-old Peterson, Dwayne Jones took off on one of the children's bicycles, Cook County prosecutors said Friday in court.

Jones, 20, was angry at Peterson because he thought he had taken his wallet, Assistant State's Attorney Kim Przekota said.

Jones searched the bedroom and patted Peterson down Wednesday morning before the two started fighting and ended up on the bed, Przekota said.

The bed was where Jones' 8-year-old half-brother and his mom's granddaughter, 9, were watching TV, Przekota said. The 8-year-old boy is the son of Peterson and Jones' mother.

Jones' mother told Jones to stop and tried to get the two children out of the room, but they saw Jones beating and choking Peterson, Przekota said.

Peterson was face-down on the bed while Jones kneeled over him and repeatedly hit him in the face and body, Przekota said.

Jones' mother, who said she heard her fiance call out, "I quit, I quit," several times, eventually ran to get a phone to call 911.

When she came back to the room, she told police she saw Jones on top of Peterson, who was bleeding and unresponsive on the floor, according to Przekota.

Jones got up and walked out of the room, Przekota said. One of the children saw Jones take the bicycle and ride away from the residence in the 800 block of North Central, authorities said.

When police and an ambulance arrived, Jones' mother told officers Jones might try to leave the Chicago area since his father lives in Wisconsin, Przekota said.

Jones was arrested at a Greyhound bus station at 630 W. Harrison three hours after the deadly beating.

On Friday, Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil ordered him held on a $2 million bond.

Peterson, who was dead on the scene, died from asphyxiation caused by strangulation and multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Two of Jones' mother's other teenage children, who are nonverbal and autistic, also were home at the time of the beating.

Jones admitted to detectives that he punched Peterson several times on the bed and then "choked him out" on the floor because he thought he had his wallet, authorities said.

Dwayne Jones | Homicide Watch Chicago

WEEK IN REVIEW: Six people killed in Chicago, including newborn baby dropped from 8th-floor window in Uptown

Prosecutor: Terrell Peterson killed by his fiance's son in front of children at family home in Austin