Kenyon Jones | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/kenyon-jones/Latest news about Kenyon Jonesen-usWed, 13 Jul 2016 16:16:19 -0500Third man charged with 2014 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Demond Avant in Austinhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/13/third-man-charged-with-2014-fatal-shooting-of-17-year-old-demond-avant-in-austin/<p>A third man has been charged with the shooting death of 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/demond-avant/">Demond Avant</a> in the West Side Austin neighborhood about a year and a half ago.<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/395596-240x300-240x300.jpg" alt="Tyren Reese | Chicago Police" width="240" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-19199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tyren Reese | Chicago Police</p><br /> <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/tyren-reese/">Tyren Reese</a>, 23, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Avant on Dec. 3, 2014, according to Chicago Police.</p> <p>About 9:25 p.m. that day, Avant was standing on the sidewalk in the 600 block of North Mayfield when someone got out of a nearby van and opened fire, striking him in the head, police said at the time.</p> <p>Avant, of the 1000 block of North Monitor, was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where he was pronounced dead at 10:10 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Reese was arrested Monday afternoon in the 4000 block of West Polk, police said.</p> <p>Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered Reese held on a $1 million in bond court Wednesday. He is next scheduled to appear in court Aug. 1.<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/mayfield-500x269-300x161.jpg" alt="Kenyon Jones, left, and Paris Jones | Chicago Police" width="300" height="161" class="size-medium wp-image-19200" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/mayfield-500x269-300x161.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/mayfield-500x269.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Kenyon Jones, left, and Paris Jones | Chicago Police</p><br /> Two other men, 27-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/paris-jones/">Paris Jones</a> and 36-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/kenyon-jones/">Kenyon Jones</a>, were charged with Avant's murder in the days following the shooting. Both are next scheduled to appear in court Aug. 9.</p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesWed, 13 Jul 2016 16:16:19 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/13/third-man-charged-with-2014-fatal-shooting-of-17-year-old-demond-avant-in-austin/Demond AvantKenyon JonesParis JonesTyren ReeseWEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot dead throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/week-in-review-four-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Four people were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when 23-year-old Loyola University pre-med student <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mutahir-rauf/">Mutahir Rauf</a> was shot during an attempted robbery in the 1200 block of West Albion Avenue near the Rogers Park campus about 7:50 p.m. Friday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9279"></span><br /> Two males walked up, showed a weapon and demanded Rauf's belongings, authorities said. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/friend-loyola-university-student-killed-in-robbery-was-bright-loyal/">Rauf thought the weapon was fake and tried to reach for it</a>, said 49th Ward Ald. Joe Moore. </p> <p>Rauf, of the 1400 block of West Pratt Boulevard, was shot in the head and chest during a scuffle, authorities said. He died minutes later.</p> <p>On the East Side, 26-year-old James Sweeten was shot in the 10600 block of South Avenue O, about 4:45 p.m. Friday, authorities said.</p> <p>Sweeten, of the 9800 block of South Avenue L, was shot in the chest died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said. A 23-year-old man was also shot numerous times, but survived his injuries, police said.</p> <p>In the South Shore community, 20-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/">Cedric Goodwin</a> was shot multiple times in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue about 9 a.m. Friday, authorities said.</p> <p>Goodwin, of the 7600 block of South Euclid Avenue, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead at 12:25 p.m. Friday, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>The killing started when 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/demond-avant/">Demond Avant</a> was shot in the head while standing on a sidewalk in the 600 block of North Mayfield Avenue in the Austin community about 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.</p> <p>Avant, of the 1000 block of North Monitor Avenue, died less than an hour later at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, authorities said.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/kenyon-jones/">Kenyon Jones</a>, 33, of the 1600 block of North Nagle Avenue, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/paris-jones/">Paris Jones</a>, 24, of the 700 block of North Waller Avenue, men were charged with first-degree murder for Avant's death and each is being held on $2 million bond. It was not immediately known if the two are related.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 408 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 14 people killed by police.</p> <p>Chicago Police, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/homicides-why-do-chicago-police-and-the-medical-examiners-office-report-different-totals/">which counts murders different by following federal guidelines</a>, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.</p> Michael LansuMon, 08 Dec 2014 11:27:59 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/week-in-review-four-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/Demond AvantCedric GoodwinMutahir RaufJames SweetenKenyon JonesParis JonesKenyon Jones, Paris Jones charged with murder in Austin shooting death of Demond Avanthttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/kenyon-jones-paris-jones-charged-with-murder-in-austin-shooting-death-of-demond-avant/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/12/mayfield-500x269.jpg" alt="Kenyon Jones (L) and Paris Jones (R) / Photos from Chicago Police" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-large wp-image-9275" /><br /> Kenyon Jones (L) and Paris Jones (R) / Photos from Chicago Police</p> <p>Two men have been charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/demond-avant/">Demond Avant</a> Wednesday night in the Austin neighborhood.</p> <p>Avant was standing on a sidewalk in the 600 block of North Mayfield Avenue when a gunman exited a nearby van and opened fire about 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9274"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/837.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Avant, of the 1000 block of North Monitor Avenue, was shot in the head and died less than an hour later at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, authorities said.</p> <p>Police identified 33-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/kenyon-jones/">Kenyon Jones</a>, of the 1600 block of North Nagle Avenue, and 24-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/paris-jones/">Paris Jones</a>, of the 700 block of North Waller Avenue, as suspects and took them into custody.</p> <p>It was not immediately known if the two are related.</p> <p>Both men were charged with first-degree murder, and each was ordered held on $2 million during a Saturday hearing. They will be back in court Monday.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuSat, 06 Dec 2014 21:27:17 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/kenyon-jones-paris-jones-charged-with-murder-in-austin-shooting-death-of-demond-avant/Demond AvantKenyon JonesParis Jones