Corey Martin | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/corey-martin/Latest news about Corey Martinen-usFri, 23 Dec 2016 13:50:31 -0600WEEK IN REVIEW: 15 people killed in Chicago, including 4 during robbery at what cops called a Far South Side drug househttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/12/23/week-in-review-killed-in-chicago-violence-33/<p>By JEFF MAYES<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING-300x194.jpg" alt="rockwell-CST-032812-3.JPG" width="300" height="194" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-20523" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING-300x194.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING-768x497.jpg 768w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING-500x323.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING-800x517.jpg 800w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/CASING.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><br /> At least 15 people were killed in Chicago last week, including four who were slain in what police called a robbery or home invasion as a home where drugs were being sold on the Far South Side.</p> <p>The Fernwood massacre occurred Saturday at what Chicago Police called “dope house” in the 100 block of West 105th Street. However, it wasn’t clear exactly when the shootings happened.</p> <p>Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. to the home and found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/elijah-jackson/">Elijah Jackson</a>, 36; <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/shacora-jackson/">Shacora Jackson</a>, 40; and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/nateyah-yafah-hines/">Nateyah Yafah Hines</a>, 19, dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived in the house. A fourth person, 45-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/scott-travis-thompson/">Scott Travis Thompson</a> of southwest suburban Romeoville was also found dead.</p> <p>Shacora Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while the otherss each suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to the medical examiner’s office. A fifth victim, an 18-year-old woman found outside with at least one gunshot wound, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she remained in critical condition. A 2-year-old boy was unharmed and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital for observation.</p> <p>The week's killings pushed the city total to more than 750 for 2016.</p> <ul> <li>The week's last homicide occurred Sunday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/joel-planas/">Joel Planas</a>, 34, was involved in a fight with another man at 12:52 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Irving Park Road when the person he was fighting pulled a gun and fired, striking him in the abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Planas was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was died about 5 hours later, police said.</li> <li>A southwest suburban man was shot to death Friday night in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Just after 10 p.m., 28-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/crispin-coliz/">Crispin Coliz Jr.</a> got into an argument with two men inside a convenience store, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-22887"></span></p> <p>When Coliz got into a vehicle and started driving away, the two others followed in a light-colored SUV, pulled alongside him in the 7200 block of West Grace, and opened fire, hitting him in the side of the head. Coliz, who lived in Cherry Hill, was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead.</li> <li><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/michael-newell/">Michael Newell</a> was shot and killed during a robbery Friday night in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. At 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the 52-year-old shot in a parked car in the 5100 block of South Long, authorities said. He had was getting into his car when someone walked up and pulled a gun, police said. When Newell tried to drive away, he was shot in the head and then crashed his car into another parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.</li> <li>Two people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood. A 47-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 17-year-old boys were walking down the street at 3:29 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Rockwell, according to police. Two people got out of a silver vehicle parked at the mouth of an alley and opened fired at the group. <p>The 47-year-old, identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/arturo-zizumbo/">Arturo Zizumbo</a>, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. One of the 17-year-olds, identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/daniel-h-torres/">Daniel H. Torres</a>, was shot multiple times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.</p> <p>The other two victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 18-year-old was listed in serious condition, and the other 17-year-old, who was shot in the face and neck, was in critical condition, police said.</li> <li>A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/corey-martin/">Corey Martin </a>was walking on the street in the 600 block of North Long at 8:41 a.m. when someone approached, showed a gun and started shooting, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Martin was shot multiple times and was found behind a nearby property and pronounced dead.</li> <li>A 30-year-old man who was shot to death early Friday in the Lawndale neighborhood had been wounded in another shooting hours earlier, police said. Officers responding to a call of a person down at 1:07 a.m. found 30-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/lavaris-johnson/">Lavaris Johnson</a> with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1600 block of South Millard, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. Three hours earlier, he had been shot in the arm in a drive-by about a mile away in the same neighborhood, and took himself to a hospital where he was treated and released.</li> <li>A Georgia man was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/antonian-t-mixon/">Antonian T. Mixon</a>, 47, was on the sidewalk at 10:10 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Perry when a male with a gun walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The suspect then fired shots, striking Mixon in the head, before driving away. Mixon, who lived in Lithonia, Georgia, was pronounced dead at the scene.</li> <li>A 49-year-old man was found shot to death Monday afternoon in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side. About 12:30 p.m., officers found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/lwrence-t-matchem/">Lawrence T. Matchem</a> unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of East 40th Street, police and the medical examiner’s office said. Matchem was pronounced dead at the scene.</li> <li>A 53-year-old man was shot to death Monday morning in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Officers responding to a call of a person down about 11:45 a.m. found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/quenten-wright/">Quenten Wright</a> on the ground near his home in the 11400 block of South King Drive with a gunshot wound to the head and gunshot wounds to each arm, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Wright was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died about three hours later.</li> <li>A 32-year-old man who was shot on Thanksgiving in the West Side Austin neighborhood died of his wounds early Monday. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/anthony-shorter/">Anthony Shorter</a> and a 35-year-old man were talking to a third man about 11:45 p.m. Nov. 24 in the 1600 block of North Latrobe when an argument began and the third man pulled out a handgun and fired, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. <p>Shorter was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg; and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:22 a.m. Monday, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The older man was shot in the leg and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where his condition stabilized.</li> </ul> Jeff MayesFri, 23 Dec 2016 13:50:31 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/12/23/week-in-review-killed-in-chicago-violence-33/Nateyah Yafah HinesElijah JacksonShacora JacksonLavaris JohnsonCorey MartinAntonian T. MixonMichael NewellJoel PlanasAnthony ShorterScott Travis ThompsonDaniel H. TorresQuenten WrightArturo Zizumbo17-year-old Corey Martin found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Austinhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/12/19/17-year-old-corey-martin-found-dead-with-multiple-gunshot-wounds-in-austin/<p>A teenage boy who was shot to death Friday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as Corey Martin.</p> <p>The 17-year-old was walking on the street in the 600 block of North Long at 8:41 a.m. when someone approached, showed a gun and started shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Martin was shot multiple times and ran behind a nearby property, where he collapsed, authorities said.</p> <p>Martin, who lived a block north in the 700 block of North Long, was found there and pronounced dead at 9:55 a.m., authorities said.<br /> <em><br /> --Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 19 Dec 2016 11:36:16 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/12/19/17-year-old-corey-martin-found-dead-with-multiple-gunshot-wounds-in-austin/Corey Martin