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Shakeyah Jackson dies 10 months after being wounded in mass shooting that left four others dead in Roseland

David Struett — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:36:54 -0500

19-year-old Shakeyah Jackson died Monday, more than 10 months after she was shot multiple times during a Roseland neighborhood home invasion and shooting that killed four other people last year.

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Jackson died at 6:54 p.m. Monday at Oaklawn Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She had been in a coma since the shooting.

The home invasion was a botched robbery of a drug dealer that happened Dec. 17, 2016, in the 100 block of West 105th Street, prosecutors said earlier this year.

Lionel Parks, 29, visited Elijah Jackson's home twice that day, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, prosecutors said.

Emergency crews surround a home in Roseland where four people were killed at 105th and LaSalle in December 2016. | Sam Charles/Sun-Times

When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside. They ordered the occupants to lay facedown on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs, prosecutors said.

Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed Elijah Jackson; his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora's 19-year-old daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines; and 46-year-old Scott Travis Thompson, according to prosecutors.

Thompson's 22-year-old nephew survived by playing dead as he lay on the floor beside his uncle. Parks remains held without bond at the Cook County Jail.

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Man charged with executing four, leaving fifth in coma during botched robbery at drug house on Far South Side

Jeff Mayes — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:47:35 -0500

By ANDY GRIMM
Chicago Sun-Times

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A survivor of a brutal Far South Side home invasion that left Elijah Jackson, his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora’s 19-year-old daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines; and Scott Travis Thompson dead told investigators he listened to one of the victims beg for his life, prosecutors said Thursday.

Lionel Parks and a second man killed the four and wounded two others in a botched robbery of a drug dealer on Dec. 17, prosecutors said during a hearing Wednesday at Cook County Criminal Court. Parks was ordered held without bond on four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Parks, 29, had visited Elijah Jackson’s home in the 100 block of West 105th Street twice on Dec. 17, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, Assistant State’s Attorney Ed Murillo said.

When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside the house. The pair ordered the occupants to lay face down on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs.

Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed the four. Elijah Jackson’s 18-year-old niece also suffered multiple gunshot wounds and remains in a coma, Murillo said.

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But Thompson’s 22-year-old nephew survived, playing dead as he lay on the floor beside his uncle. The nephew listened as Elijah Jackson pleaded with Parks, whom he had introduced earlier by the nickname “Froggy,” Murillo said.

“Froggy, don’t do this to me! Don’t hurt my family! You don’t have to do this, Froggy,” Murillo said, reading from a court document.

The nephew said Jackson and the other gunman had demanded cash and drugs, and ordered the residents to take off their clothes and hand over any cash or phones. When they found Hines in a bedroom at the rear of the house with a cellphone, Murillo said, Parks and the other man became “agitated.”

Thompson’s nephew, laying on the floor, listened as the men began shooting the people next to him. The 22-year-old played dead, then climbed out a window after Parks and the other man left. Wearing only his socks and shorts, the nephew shouted to neighbors to call police.

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Police arrived to find Hines, Thompson, and Elijah Jackson dead, with gunshot wounds to the back of their heads. Shacora Jackson, who was pregnant, lay dead at the bottom of the front steps of the house. Shacora’s 18-year-old daughter suffered gunshot wounds to the head, hand and thigh that have left her in a coma since the attack, Murillo said.

Parks, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and sweat pants, scowled as he was led before Judge James Brown for a bond hearing Monday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. He stood, impassive, as Murillo read an account of the killings.

After the hearing, Elijah and Shacora Jackson’s brother, Gershon, said it was painful to hear the story of their loved ones’ final moments.

“It was very difficult, it takes you back to that space,” Gershon Jackson said, standing beside a half-dozen relatives. “To hear your family suffer like that. It’s very uncomfortable ... very hurtful for my family, but today is the first step of bringing closure. ... We have to put our faith in the judicial system.”

Nateyah Yafah Hines | Facebook

Parks had been on parole and was wearing a state Department of Corrections ankle monitor at the time of the shootings. DOC records showed Parks had left the address he had listed as his residence four times on Dec. 17, including during the hours when the shootings took place.

Parks had listed his address at a house a few blocks away, where police recovered 9mm shells that were the same brand as those used in the killings. Parks’ cellphone also showed he was near the Jacksons’ house when the shooting occurred.

Surveillance cameras showed him leaving his house shortly before the murders, and returning shortly afterward, walking with another person and carrying a large bag, Murillo said. Another camera showed what appears to be Parks’ vehicle driving near the Jacksons’ house before and after the killings.

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WEEK IN REVIEW: 15 people killed in Chicago, including 4 during robbery at what cops called a Far South Side drug house

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:50:31 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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.

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.

Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. to the home and found Elijah Jackson, 36; Shacora Jackson, 40; and Nateyah Yafah Hines, 19, dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived in the house. A fourth person, 45-year-old Scott Travis Thompson of southwest suburban Romeoville was also found dead.

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.

The week's killings pushed the city total to more than 750 for 2016.

The week's last homicide occurred Sunday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Joel Planas, 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.
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 Crispin Coliz Jr. got into an argument with two men inside a convenience store, authorities said.

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.
Michael Newell 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.
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.
The 47-year-old, identified as Arturo Zizumbo, 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 Daniel H. Torres, was shot multiple times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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.
A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Corey Martin 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.
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 Lavaris Johnson 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.
A Georgia man was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Antonian T. Mixon, 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.
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 Lawrence T. Matchem 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.
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 Quenten Wright 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.
A 32-year-old man who was shot on Thanksgiving in the West Side Austin neighborhood died of his wounds early Monday. Anthony Shorter 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.
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.

Cops: Elijah Jackson, Shacora Jackson, Nateyah Hines, and Scott Thompson found dead in Fernwood 'dope house'

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:13:24 -0600

By SAM CHARLES, JACOB WITTICH and JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times

First Deputy Police Supt. Kevin Navarro addresses reporters near a home where four people were found shot to death on the Far South Side. | Sam Charles / Sun-Times

Four people were killed in a Far South Side shooting that may have been the result of a home invasion or robbery at a “dope house,” according to Chicago Police.

Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. Saturday to a 1 1/2-story home in the 100 block of West 105th Street in the Fernwood neighborhood, according to Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police Department spokesman. But it wasn’t clear just when the shooting happened.

Elijah Jackson, 36; his sister Shacora Jackson, 40; and Shacora Jackson's daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines, 19, were all found dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived on the same block as the shooting.

A fourth person, 45-year-old Scott Travis Thompson of the first block of Kempton Drive in Romeoville, was also found dead, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Shacora Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the other victims each suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Three of the victims were found inside the home, and one of the women was found outside, police said.

A fifth victim, an 18-year-old woman also found outside with at least one gunshot wound, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she remained in critical condition Tuesday. Detectives had not interviewed her as of Sunday evening, police said.

A 2-year-old boy was also in the house. He was unharmed and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital for observation.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover funeral and medical expenses for the family.

“The investigation has revealed people in the home were selling potential narcotics out of that home earlier in the day,” police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. “And we believe individuals returned to rob occupants in that home.

“Detectives said they have very optimistic leads," he said, adding that police recovered substances that appeared to be illegal narcotics from the home.

“It’s known that people in the home knew their attackers,” Guglielmi said, adding that no weapon has been found.

Police initially thought the shooting may have stemmed from a domestic situation, but they walked that theory back as more evidence came to light.

Saturday’s shooting was the third time in 24 hours in Chicago in which at least four people were shot in a single incident.

More than 750 people have been killed so far this year, Chicago’s deadliest since the late 1990s.