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Antonio Lampley charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting of Derrius Drake

Sun-Times Media Wire — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 12:43:35 -0500

Antonio Lampley has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for firing the gun that killed Derrius Drakes in a February incident in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.

Lampley, 23, was charged Tuesday with felony involuntary manslaughter for the Feb. 25 shooting in the 11300 block of South Parnell, Chicago Police said.

Antonio Lampley | Chicago Police

Drakes was shot in the back in the incident, which happened about 4:30 p.m., police said at the time. He made it to Roseland Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead less than 15 minutes later.

Authorities believe Lampley fired the weapon, but further details about how the shooting happened were not available Tuesday.

Derrius Drakes

Lampley, who lived in the same block on Parnell, was ordered held on a $200,000 bond during a court hearing Sunday, police said. He will next appear in court June 25.

Comment of the Day: "He definitely was on the ball ... going to school [and] supporting his family"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:37:59 -0600

Derrius Drakes, 23, was fatally shot Feb. 25 in the Roseland community. Reader "Keebler Martinez" posted this about him:

He definitely was on the ball [and] had just returned from the military, working going to school supporting his family and his son. He was doing great and we all [are] still proud of his maturity.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot death throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:36:41 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Four men were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.

All four killings happened last Wednesday, which was then followed by one of the city's longest stretch without a murder so far this year.

The killing started when police found 60-year-old Bernard Monroe shot in the head near his home in the 11400 block of South Prairie Avenue about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Monroe was declared dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

In the Roseland neighborhood, 23-year-old Derrius Drakes was shot in the back in the 11300 block of South Parnell Avenue about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Drakes, of the 200 block of West 112th Street, took himself to Roseland Community Hospital, where he died less than 15 minutes later, authorities said.

In the Austin community, 20-year-old Demarcus Nelson was shot multiple times while sitting in a vehicle in the 4600 block of West Maypole Avenue about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Nelson, of the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue, died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said. Two other men inside the vehicle were also wounded, police said.

The killing started early Wednesday when police found two men shot in an alley in the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Albert S. Turnage, 23, of the 1700 block of West Greenleaf Avenue, was shot in the chest and died at Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston about two hours later, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The other man was shot multiple times and survived, police said.

On Sunday, Chicago Police announced that there was one less murder this February compared to last February, but there have still been more killings during the first two months of this year than last year after a violent January.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 49 Chicago deaths in 2015 a homicide.

Derrius Drakes fatally shot in Roseland

Michael Lansu — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:54:40 -0600

Derrius Drakes / Photo from GoFundMe.com

Derrius Drakes was fatally shot in the Roseland neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

Drakes, 23, was standing outside in the 11300 block of South Parnell Avenue when a gunman shot him in the back about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Drakes, of the 200 block of West 112th Street, took himself to Roseland Community Hospital, where he died less than 15 minutes later, authorities said.

A GoFundMe.com page was set up to help raise money for funeral services. According to the site:

Derrius Lemuel Drakes Sr. was a hard working father and family man. He was attending Everest for Dental assistance also working to support his family. He was a great friend and his smile lit up every room and heart he was ever welcomed into. He was not and has never been a bad person just simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Homicide Watch Chicago, Sun-Times Media Wire