Comment of the Day: "The police need to do their job and find the person who did this to my dear friend"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:02:47 -0500

Demond Parnell, 34, was fatally shot July 21 outside his Edgewater home. Reader "Tiffany" posted this about the killing:

I know for a fact that he was not a gang member! The police need to do their job and find the person who did this to my dear friend! Rip Demond ! Love Always!

WEEK IN REVIEW: Two teens among five killed throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 08:58:26 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Five people were shot throughout Chicago last week, including two teenage boys.

The most recent murder happened about 6 p.m. Friday when 13-year-old Samuel Walker was shot in the 700 block of South California Avenue, authorities said. Six other people were wounded in the shooting, according to police.

Sandra Williams, Samuel’s aunt, said her nephew had just finished summer school and was on his way to buy chips from a convenience store when he was shot.

Samuel was one of 26 people shot over the weekend. He was the only one who died.

On Thursday, 39-year-old Anthony Edwards was shot when a gunman opened fire on a gas station in the 11600 block of South Michigan Avenue about 3:15 a.m., authorities said.

Edwards, of the 12000 block of South Normal Avenue, was shot several times and died at the scene, authorities said.

On Wednesday, 16-year-old Darren Foggey was shot when a bullet went through a window in the 6700 block of South Artesian Avenue and struck him while in a bedroom about 9:25 p.m., authorities said.

Foggey, of the 6900 block of South Artesian Avenue, was shot in the neck and died at the scene, authorities said.

On Tuesday, 33-year-old Sam Aguilar was shot on a sidewalk in the 6300 block of South Francisco Avenue about 2 a.m. Aguilar, of the 1500 block of West Walton Street, died later that day at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Authorities said 18-year-old Christian Alvarez, of the 5800 block of South Kedzie Avenue, and 31-year-old Antonio Castaneda, 6000 block of South Kedzie Avenue, were each inside a passing SUV from which the gunfire erupted. They were both charged with first-degree murder.

The first murder of the week happened when a gunman approached 34-year-old Demond Parnell outside his home in the 5400 block of North Kenmore Avenue about 10 p.m. Monday, authorities said. The gunman started a conversation then shot him in the chest, police said.

Additionally, Cook County Jail inmate Tony Purnell Wednesday from injuries suffered in a June 23 fight at the jail in the 2600 block of South Califorina Avenue, authorities said. The death was ruled a homicide.

Purnell had been in the jail since January on a disorderly conduct charge, which was dropped in June, according to the sheriff’s office. He was also charged with civil contempt in February.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 230 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including eight people killed by police.

Additionally, the state’s attorney’s office filed first-degree murder charges against a speeding motorist who killed an off-duty police officer while trying to flee police even though the autopsy ruled the death an accident.

Chicago Police, which counts murders different, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.

Demond Parnell killed in Edgewater shooting

Michael Lansu — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:16:44 -0500

Demond Parnell was killed in a Monday night shooting outside his Edgewater neighborhood home.

Parnell, 34, was walking in the 5200 block of North Kenmore Avenue when someone walked up, started a conversation then shot him once in the chest about 10 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Parnell, who lived on the block, died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

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Comment of the Day: "The police need to do their job and find the person who did this to my dear friend"

WEEK IN REVIEW: Two teens among five killed throughout Chicago

Demond Parnell killed in Edgewater shooting