Cedric Goodwin | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/Latest news about Cedric Goodwinen-usThu, 14 Apr 2016 16:40:03 -0500First she 'lost faith in God,' but now, devastated mother 'won't rest' until Cedric Goodwin's killers behind barshttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/04/14/devastated-mother-wont-rest-until-cedric-goodwins-killers-are-behind-bars/<p>By TIFFANY MITCHELL<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/cedric.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/cedric-300x296.jpg" alt="Cedric Goodwin | photo provided" width="300" height="296" class="size-medium wp-image-17100" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedric Goodwin | photo provided</p><br /> When <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/">Cedric Goodwin</a> was fatally shot over a year ago in the South Shore neighborhood, he was walking to school with his younger brother.</p> <p>“I believe he was trying to shield his younger brother from being shot,” said his mother, Tiffany Collins, who is still trying to cope with the loss of her son.</p> <p>And to understand why.</p> <p>“Cedric was not affiliated with any gangs," Collins said. “I don’t believe he was a part of any gang. If he was in a gang, I never knew anything about it.”</p> <p>“He wasn’t a bad kid,” his mother said, though he did get into trouble once for possession of a firearm. “After that he was pretty much on the straight and narrow.”<br /> <span id="more-16696"></span><br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/Cedrictux.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/Cedrictux-131x300.jpg" alt="Cedric Goodwin | photo provided" width="131" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-17101" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedric Goodwin | photo provided</p></p> <p>According to his mother, the boys were walking to school when two masked men came out of the alley and shot at the boys "as they were trying to run away.” </p> <p>It happened about 9 a.m. in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue. </p> <p>The Cook County medical examiner’s office said the 20-yar-old Goodwin was shot in the back, abdomen and left leg. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died about three hours later.</p> <p>Cedric Goodwin was the middle of three boys, and enjoyed basketball and social media, his mother said. He was a senior at Winnie Mandela's Alternative High School, and a member of the high school basketball team. </p> <p>“He was a huge sports fan, and he was very active in summer church camps,” Collins said. “He also enjoyed a variety of music, from old school rhythm and blues, to new school rap. He was outgoing and ambitious, and just a joy to be around.”</p> <p>His goal was to become a computer technician after graduation.</p> <p>It has been hard on his mother since that fateful night. She feels isolated and alone since the death of her son.</p> <p>“When my son died, I lost faith in God because I was in disbelief when it happened,” Collins said. “My younger brother died when he was 17, so my mom has been the only person I can open up to.”</p> <p>She feels especially bad because she didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to her son.<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/cedericbros.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/04/cedericbros-300x224.jpg" alt="Cedric Goodwin (right) was the middle child among three, along with older brother Theodore (center) and Christopher (left). His mother believes Cedric was trying to protect Christopher when he was fatally shot. | photo provided" width="300" height="224" class="size-medium wp-image-17102" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cedric Goodwin (right) was the middle child among three, along with older brother Theodore (center) and Christopher (left). His mother believes Cedric was trying to protect Christopher when he was fatally shot. | photo provided</p><br /> “I was at work when it happened, so by the time I got to the hospital he was already dead,” Collins said.</p> <p>And she's furious because she feels the police are not doing enough to capture the killers.</p> <p>“The police think that my younger son is not telling them everything about the day Cedric was killed,” Collins said. “I feel like they have just given up on trying to find the murderers of my son.”</p> <p>But she said she "won’t rest" until the killers are behind bars. “I am willing to put a cash reward out to the media, so justice will finally be served.”</p> Jeff MayesThu, 14 Apr 2016 16:40:03 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/04/14/devastated-mother-wont-rest-until-cedric-goodwins-killers-are-behind-bars/Cedric GoodwinComment of the Day: "Everyday I wake up [it's] a blessing. I just wish my dead homies can feel the same"http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/comment-of-the-day-everyday-i-wake-up-its-a-blessing-i-just-wish-my-dead-homies-can-feel-the-same/<p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/">Cedric Goodwin</a>, 20, was fatally shot in the South Shore neighborhood Monday morning. Reader Terrell McDonald posted this about the shooting:</p> <blockquote><p>This happen to much ovs east. When will somebody do sum about this. It been going on for to long. We don't know who gone be next. Everyday I wake up its a blessing. I just wish my dead homies can feel the same </p> Michael LansuMon, 08 Dec 2014 16:45:12 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/comment-of-the-day-everyday-i-wake-up-its-a-blessing-i-just-wish-my-dead-homies-can-feel-the-same/Cedric GoodwinWEEK 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 JonesCedric Goodwin fatally shot in South Shorehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/cedric-goodwin-fatally-shot-in-south-shore/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/12/CedricGoodwin1.jpg" alt="Cedric Goodwin / Photo by Jessica Koscielniak" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-full wp-image-9259" /><br /> Cedric Goodwin / Photo by Jessica Koscielniak</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/">Cedric Goodwin</a> was fatally shot in the South Shore neighborhood Friday morning.</p> <p>Goodwin, 20, was shot in the abdomen, back and left leg in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue about 9 a.m. Friday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9258"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/838.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></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., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>The shooting happened about a block from South Shore International College Prep High School, but investigators do not believe any students were involved, according to a police source.</p> <p>Nobody has been charged for the murder.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuSat, 06 Dec 2014 13:50:51 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/cedric-goodwin-fatally-shot-in-south-shore/Cedric Goodwin