WEEK IN REVIEW: Five killed in citywide shootings

Michael Lansu — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:50:02 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Five men were shot and dead throughout Chicago last week -- including the first two killings of 2014.

The most recent murder happened when 16-year-old Raymond Galloway was shot about 5:50 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of East 38th Street, authorities said.

Police responded to a call of shots fired and found Galloway, of the 4300 block of South Champlain Avenue, authorities said. The teen died about 7:30 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

On Friday, Roland Sawyer was shot to death in the Roseland neighborhood in the city's first killing of 2014.

Sawyer, 30, was shot about 1:15 p.m. Friday in the 300 block of West 114th Street, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a man shot and found Sawyer with gunshot wounds to the face, back, hand and buttocks.

Sawyer, of the 11000 block of South Parnell Avenue, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 4:08 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Tuesday, Vincent Rogers was shot to death during an argument in the 7100 block of South Vincennes Avenue, authorities said.

A man walked up to Rogers, 26, about 8:15 p.m. and the two began arguing. Rogers, of the 7100 block of South Damen Avenue, was shot during the argument and died at the scene, authorities said.

In the Armour Square neighborhood, Donald Galladay fatally shot his son, August Galladay, during an argument in a home in the 3700 block of South Wells Street about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

August Galladay, 25, of the 3700 block of South Wells Street, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.

Donald Galladay, who also lived on the block, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and ordered held on $250,000 bond, authorities said.

On Monday, Eulises Grandos was killed in a drive-by shooting in the 1300 block of West Cermak Road about 2 a.m., authorities said.

Grandos and three other men had left a West Side bar after getting into an argument with another group of men, authorities said. Grandos and his acquaintances drove off in a car when an SUV pulled up and somebody inside opened fire, authorities said.

Grandos, 22, of the 2400 block of South Central Park Avenue, was shot in the head and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the medical examiner’s office.

A 21-year-old man was also shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in “stable” condition, police said. The other men in the car were not wounded.

Eulises Grandos killed in Pilsen drive-by shooting

Michael Lansu — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:40:37 -0600

Eulises Grandos was killed in an early Monday drive-by shooting in the Pilsen neighborhood that left another man wounded.

Grandos and three other men left a West Side bar about 2 a.m. after getting into an argument with another group of men, authorities said.

Grandos and his acquaintances drove off in a car and were stopped at a light in the 1300 block of West Cermak Road when an SUV pulled up and somebody inside opened fire, authorities said.

The SUV fled and the car sped off and eventually crashed near West Cermak Road and South Loomis Street, police said.

Grandos, 22, of the 2400 block of South Central Park Avenue, was shot in the head and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A 21-year-old man was also shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in “stable” condition, police said.

The other men in the car were not wounded, police said.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the shooting was gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

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WEEK IN REVIEW: Five killed in citywide shootings

Eulises Grandos killed in Pilsen drive-by shooting