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Travion Lockett charged with fatal shooting of nursing student Daysha Wright on Near West Side

Jeff Mayes — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:50:14 -0500

By ANDY GRIMM
Chicago Sun-Times

Travion Lockett | Chicago Police

A man charged with the murder of 21-year-old nursing student Daysha Wright was ordered held without bond Friday.

Travion Lockett, 21, was arrested in Milwaukee on a murder warrant for the March 9 Near West Side slaying of Wright, who had a 2-year-old son, Cook County prosecutors said at a Friday bond hearing.

Wright was riding home with a friend from a memorial gathering around midnight when they spotted Lockett in the 2200 block of West Maypole, prosecutors said.

Daysha Wright | photo provided

The driver, concerned that “there might be trouble,” drove back to the memorial to warn others that Lockett was in the neighborhood, prosecutors said.

As they again drove back from the memorial, Lockett stepped out from between two parked cars and opened fired on Wright and her friend, prosecutors said.

“The witness hears shots hitting the back of his car, and then he hears (Wright) choking and gargling on her blood,” Assistant State’s Attorney Brian Whang said.

Lockett, who lived on the block where the shooting happened, was identified by witnesses at the scene, Whang said. His next court date is May 5.

Wright was the second-oldest of seven children and lived in Englewood, her 16-year-old sister, Kenesha Allen, said at a vigil held at the scene of the slaying inthe days after the shooting.

Wright had a 2-year-old son, Daeshawn, whose father had been killed in a traffic crash when he was traveling to see his newborn son for the first time, according to a family member.

Family members said they did not believe she was the intended target of the shooting.

WEEK IN REVIEW: At least 10 people were fatally shot, and one stabbed to death during another bloody week

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:00:51 -0500

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

At least 11 people were fatally shot in Chicago last week, and another man was stabbed to death as the city's homicide total climbed to over 125 just 10 weeks into the year.

Sixteen-year-old Percy Julian High student Andre Taylor was shot to death Sunday night in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 7:50 p.m. in the 10000 block of South Indiana found the boy lying in the front yard of a home, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Taylor, who lived on the same block, had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot early Saturday in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Ricardo Montes was on a sidewalk in the 3200 block of West Addison about 3:30 a.m. when someone opened fire from a passing SUV, police and the medical examiner’s office said.

Montes, who lived in the 3700 block of North Albany, was shot in the back and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he later died.

A 24-year-old man was fatally shot Friday night in West Garfield Park. William Smith was standing outside in the 3800 block of West Flournoy shortly after 8 p.m. when someone walked up and shot him in the head, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Smith was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead less than two hours later, authorities said. He lived in the 900 block of North Springfield.

A southwest suburban man was shot to death Friday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Terall Adams, 20, was shot several times while sitting in a vehicle at 5:45 p.m. in the 800 block of North Latrobe Avenue, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

Adams was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office. He lived in the 13900 block of Trillium Lane in Plainfield. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Orlando Porter was shot to death Friday morning in the West Englewood neighborhood. the 26-year-old was sitting in a parked car in the 7300 block of South Paulina Street about 9:20 a.m. when a car drove by and a passenger inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

Porter, of the 7200 block of South Wood, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. His death was ruled a homicide.

Paul Woods was shot to death Thursday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood. Police said the 27-year-old was standing with a group on the corner 78th and Yates at 4:53 p.m. when someone opened fire.

Woods was shot once in the back and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 8400 block of South Essex.

A 37-year-old man found shot to death in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Thursday morning was identified as West Side resident Askie Wajd.

He was found just before 5 a.m. unresponsive on the ground in the 4600 block of West Monroe, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Wajd was dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the side of the head, authorities said. He lived about two blocks away in the 4500 block of West Jackson.

A man was stabbed to death in a domestic dispute Wednesday night in the South Loop. Ronald Thomas, 27, was stabbed in the chest during an argument with his girlfriend at 8:40 p.m. in his apartment in the 2100 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died.

Thomas' girlfriend, 29-year-old Caress T. Shumaker, was charged with his murder, and is being held in the Cook County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

A 19-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday evening in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Cesar Perez was standing on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of North Milwaukee at 6:05 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

He was shot in the head and abdomen, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:37 p.m. Perez lived in the 1400 block of West Division, a few blocks from where the shooting happened.

A young mother was shot to death early Wednesday while riding in a car that later crashed on the Near West Side.
Daysha Wright, 21, was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2100 block of West Maypole about 12:10 a.m. when someone fired shots and she was struck in the back, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m. Wright, who lived in the 5100 block of South Paulina, was not the intended target of the shooting, according to family members.

Gerardo Rodriguez, 31, was shot to death Tuesday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. He was walking northbound with a friend in the 6300 block of South Troy Street at 7:52 p.m. when shots rang out and he collapsed, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

He was shot in the neck, and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died an hour later. Rodriguez lived in the 6200 block of South Francisco, a few blocks away from the shooting.

Maurice K. Cavin was shot to death Monday morning in the Woodlawn neighborhood. The 23-year-old was found with a gunshot wound at 11:04 a.m. in the 6500 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Cavin was pronounced dead at the scene.

At vigil for slain Daysha Wright on Near West Side, family promises her young son will be 'well taken care of'

Jeff Mayes — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:21:20 -0600

Daysha Wright and her son Daeshawn | family photo

By SAM CHARLES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday evening at the scene where aspiring nurse Daysha Wright was fatally shot earlier in the day.

About 100 people gathered just east of the corner of Maypole and Hoyne on the Near West Side to mourn the loss of the 21-year-old.

Dozens of friends, neighbors and family members gathered with balloons, posters and photos of Wright, who was studying to become a nurse, according to her family.

About 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, Wright was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2100 block of West Maypole. That's when someone fired shots and she was hit in the back, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A bullet hole is apparent in the trunk of the car at the scene where Daysha Wright was fatally shot early Wednesday. | Sam Charles/Sun-Times

She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

Wright was the second-oldest of seven children and lived in Englewood, according to her 16-year-old sister, Kenesha Allen, who spoke softly and wiped away tears as she stood near the scene of the killing.

Wright also had a 2-year-old son, Daeshawn, whose father was killed in a traffic crash when he was traveling to see his newborn son for the first time, according to her cousin, Tamara Chapman, 22.

Despite the deaths of both of parents, Daeshawn has many family members who will see to it that he is raised in a loving environment, Chapman said.

“He’ll be well taken care of,” she said.

Daysha Wright, fatally shot in vehicle on Near West Side, not intended target, according to family

Jeff Mayes — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:40:11 -0600

Daysha Wright, a young mother from the South Side, was shot to death early Wednesday while riding in a car that later crashed in the West Town neighborhood.

The 21-year-old Wright was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2100 block of West Maypole about 12:10 a.m. when someone fired shots and she was struck in the back, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:44 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

Wright, a nursing student who lived in the 5100 block of South Paulina, was not the intended target of the shooting, according to family members.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire