Brett Ewing | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brett-ewing/Latest news about Brett Ewingen-usMon, 16 Jun 2014 08:47:23 -0500WEEK IN REVIEW: Eight killed throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/week-in-review-eight-killed-throughout-chicago/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Five men and three women were murdered throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>At least three of the deaths were classified as domestic related, police said.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when 56-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/">Louis Winn</a> was stabbed during a domestic dispute at his home in the 10000 block of South Morgan Street about 9:10 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. He died less than an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.<br /> <span id="more-6591"></span><br /> On Saturday, 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brandon-peterson/">Brandon Peterson</a> was shot in the head and leg while standing with a group of people in the 3100 block of West Polk Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood about 12:05 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Peterson, of the 3000 block of West Polk Street, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County a short time later, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>On Friday, 27-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/dewey-knox/">Dewey Knox</a> was shot during during a drive-by in the 1300 block of South Central Park Avenue about 11:55 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Knox, of the 1400 block of South Troy Street, was shot in the back and died at Mount Sinai Hospital early Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office. </p> <p>On Thursday, 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/damian-williams/">Damian Williams</a> was shot in the 5700 bock of West Augusta Boulevard in the Austin community about 8:55 p.m., authorities said. A 23-year-old man was also critically wounded.</p> <p>Williams, of the 5900 block of West Augusta Boulevard, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/13/damian-williams-killed-in-austin-area-shooting/">was shot multiple times in the chest and died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than an hour later</a>, authorities said.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 26-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brett-ewing/">Brett Ewing</a> was shot while driving in the 200 block of West 72nd Street in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood about 3 p.m., authorities said. A 4-year-old boy was also wounded.</p> <p>Ewing, of the 6800 block of South Perry Avenue, was shot four times and died at Stroger Hospital at 6:37 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.</p> <p>On Monday, 21-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/paris-brown/">Paris Brown</a> was shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 7300 block of South Perry Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood about 10:55 p.m., authorities said. A man was also wounded in the shooting.</p> <p>Brown, who lived on the block, was shot multiple times died at Stroger Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.</p> <p>The killings started when <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/laquisha-hickman/">LaQuisha Hickman</a>, 37, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/nykole-loving/">Nykole Loving</a>, 23, were fatally shot during a domestic dispute in the 3500 block of West 79th Place in the Ashburn community about 8:55 a.m. Monday, authorities said. An 18-year-old man was also wounded.</p> <p>Hickman had filed a domestic battery report with Chicago Police officers against her longtime boyfriend <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/edward-prince/">Edward Prince</a> following a quarrel the night before -- apparently over her ending their relationship, officials say. Prince, 36, left the house before police arrived, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/10/officials-laquisha-hickman-nicole-loving-killed-in-domestic-dispute-in-ashburn-community/">but returned the next morning and went on a shooting spree</a>, authorities say.</p> <p>Prince then turned the gun on himself and was dead on the scene.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 172 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including seven people killed by police.</p> <p>Additionally, the state’s attorney’s office filed first-degree murder charges <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/03/16/10-million-bond-for-woman-charged-with-murder-in-crash-that-killed-off-duty-cop/">against a speeding motorist who killed an off-duty police officer</a> while trying to flee police even though the autopsy ruled the death an accident.</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</a>, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.</p> Michael LansuMon, 16 Jun 2014 08:47:23 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/week-in-review-eight-killed-throughout-chicago/Paris BrownBrett EwingLaQuisha HickmanDewey KnoxNykole LovingBrandon PetersonDamian WilliamsLouis WinnEdward PrinceBrett Ewing killed in Greater Grand Crossing shootinghttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/11/brett-ewing-killed-in-greater-grand-crossing-shooting/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/06/Harvard-500x333.jpg" alt="harvard-CST-061114-0001.JPG" width="100%" height="auto" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6514" /><br /> Family gather outside St. Bernard Hospital / Photo by Jessica Koscielniak</p> <p>BY JORDAN OWEN AND BECKY SCHLIKERMAN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brett-ewing/">Brett Ewing</a> was killed and a 4-year-old boy was hurt in a Tuesday afternoon shooting in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.</p> <p>Brett Ewing, 26, and the boy were in gray Dodge Avenger in the 200 block of West 72nd Street when a person exited a nearby vehicle and opened fire about 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.</p> <p>According to a police source, the shooter was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and light blue jeans, and fired into the Dodge's rear passenger-side window, causing it to shatter.</p> <p>Ewing suffered four gunshot wounds -- one in the back, two to the left side and one to the right side -- while the boy suffered a single gunshot wound to his wrist, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-6513"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/602.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>A woman drove them to St. Bernard Hospital and Heath Care Center, a hospital spokesman said.</p> <p>Ewing, of the 6800 block of South Perry Avenue, was transferred to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died at 6:37 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>The boy suffered a “minor” wound to the wrist and was sent to University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital in "stable" condition, police and hospital officials said.</p> <p>According to a police source, the 26-year-old was the shooter’s intended target. He has been arrested 24 times, with six resulting in convictions, including two for possessing an illegal firearm, the source said.</p> <p>Outside the hospital, police placed yellow crime scene tape around a gray Dodge Avenger and an evidence technician examined the vehicle, though it wasn’t clear whether the vehicle was tied to the shooting.</p> Michael LansuWed, 11 Jun 2014 13:36:40 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/11/brett-ewing-killed-in-greater-grand-crossing-shooting/Brett Ewing