Geanni Boyd | Homicide Watch Chicago

Comment of the Day: "It hurts every time I look at this and see my Lil Brother had to be taken away like that"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:00:31 -0500

Geanni Boyd, 16, was fatally shot Sept. 4, 2013, in the Washington Park neighborhood. Reader "LadysLove Teece〽️ula" posted this about him:

It hurts everytime I look at this and see my Lil Brother had to be taken away like that. My Head All Messed Up If I Think About Him Now

Teen returns to scene of fight on his bike, shoots into a group, kills the wrong guy

Sun-Times Media Wire — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 15:52:25 -0500

A teenage boy involved in a fight Monday outside a Washington Park home returned for blood two days later. He wounded the teen he'd been fighting with, but killed a second boy, who was not involved in the original fight, prosecutors said.
Devin Skipper, 16, rode a bicycle down the 5100 block of South Calumet Avenue and opened fire on a group standing in front of a home about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to court documents.
Geanni Boyd, 16, of the 0-99 block of East 99th Place, was shot multiple times and died at 12:02 a.m. Thursday at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. The death was ruled a homicide.
A 15-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the hand and was treated on the scene, authorities said. Both teens who were shot are documented gang members, though Boyd was not involved in the original fight, police said.
Just two days earlier, Skipper and an acquaintance got into a fight with the 15-year-old and his brother outside the home, according to court documents. Police responded to the fight and Skipper was identified as being involved, but others involved in the altercation declined to press charges and he was released.
After he returned two days later and fatally shot Boyd, another member of the group in front of the home identified him in a photo array and a physical lineup, according to court documents.
Skipper, of the 5800 block of South Calumet Avenue, was charged with first-degree murder and Judge Adam D. Bourgeois ordered him held without bond on Friday.

Bicyclist opens fire killing one boy, wounding another

Sun-Times Media Wire — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:28:30 -0500

A gunman who opened fire while pedaling past a Washington Park neighborhood home killed a teenage boy and wounded another Wednesday evening, authorities said.
Sixteen-year-old Geanni Boyd was sitting with the other boy on a porch in the 5100 block of South Calumet Avenue when the bicyclist fired on the two about 7:45 p.m., authorities said.
Boyd suffered the brunt of the barrage, with several bullets striking him in his lower extremities, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office and the police.
The boy, who lived in the 0-100 block of East 99th Place, was taken in serious condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died just after midnight, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The other boy, 15, escaped with a graze wound and was treated on the scene, police said.
Both teens are documented gang members, police said.
No one was in custody as of Thursday morning as Area Central detectives investigate.