J-Quantae Riles | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/j-quantae-riles/Latest news about J-Quantae Rilesen-usMon, 09 Nov 2015 16:00:56 -0600WEEK IN REVIEW: Two boys, ages 9 and 14, among nine people to die by gun violence in Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/09/week-in-review-9-year-old-boy-among-those-killed-by-by-violence-in-chicago/<p>By JEFF MAYES<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/CASING.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/CASING-300x194.jpg" alt="rockwell-CST-032812-3.JPG" width="300" height="194" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-14341" /></a>At least 9 people died in a violent early November week in Chicago, including a 9-year-old boy fatally shot in an alley in Auburn Gresham; and a 14-year-old boy shot down on a sidewalk in Gage Park.</p> <p>The younger boy, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/tyshawn-lee/">Tyshawn Lee</a>, was shot in an alley in the 8000 block of South Damen at 4:15 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>At a press conference at Chicago Police headquarters Monday night, Dean Andrews, chief of detectives, said the boy suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.</p> <p>Andrews said an unknown number of people were arguing in the alley and gunfire followed. Tyshawn, who lived in the 2000 block of West 80th Street, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:39 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Police Supt. Garry McCarthy later said that Tyshawn was targeted, lured to the alley and "executed" as retribution for his father's gang activity.</p> <p>The 14-year-old, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/j-quantae-riles/">J-Quantae Riles</a>, was shot to death late Saturday in the Gage Park neighborhood after recently moving back to Chicago from Virginia.<br /> <span id="more-14225"></span></p> <p>J-Quantae was walking home from the store with a group of friends in the 2200 block of West 59th Street about 9:30 p.m. when shots rang out, according to police and anti-violence activist Andrew Holmes, who spoke with the boy’s mother Sunday.</p> <p>The teen was found dead on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the back, authorities said. Holmes said it’s unclear if the shooting was a drive-by. </p> <p>A man was killed in an Englewood shooting Saturday night. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/michael-johnson/">Michael A. Johnson</a>, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 10:45 p.m. sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle in the 700 block of West 59th Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Johnson, of the 2900 block of West 79th Street, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 11:22 p.m.</p> <p>A man found shot to death in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday was identified as 56-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/bernard-howard/">Bernard Howard</a>.</p> <p>Howard was found lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound in the 1100 block of North Pulaski about 2:50 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Howard, of the 5300 block of West Quincy, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:24 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>A 51-year-old man was killed and two other men critically wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Friday night.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/felex-mcghee/">Felix McGhee Jr.</a> and two other men were outside in the 1400 block of North Kildare about 8 p.m. when two gunmen walked up, started shooting and then ran away, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>McGhee, who lived on the same block, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.</p> <p>A 19-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to the abdomen, arm and buttocks; and a 27-year-old was shot in the leg and arm, and taken to Stroger Hospital, police said. Both were listed in critical condition.</p> <p>A 22-year-old man man was shot and killed Thursday night in East Chatham. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jamar-jackson/">Jamar Jackson</a> was standing on a sidewalk just before 8 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Ellis when a grey sedan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Jackson, of the 11800 block of South Michigan, was shot in the head, buttocks and right calf. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 8:18 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>A man was shot to death in Gage Park on Tuesday evening. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marlon-spivey/">Marlon Spivey</a>, 24, was outside in the 5600 block of South Artesian at 6:15 p.m. when two males walked up and shot him in the head, neck, torso and leg, according to police and the p medical examiner's office. </p> <p>Spivey, of the 5600 block of South Campbell, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 7:28 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Police said the suspects ran west on 56th Street after the shooting.</p> <p>A 24-year-old man was shot and killed during an argument Tuesday afternoon in North Lawndale. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jerald-strong/">Jerald Strong</a> was arguing with another man about 1 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 15th Street when the other man pulled a gun and fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Strong, of the 1300 block of South Christiana, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died within the hour, authorities said. An autopsy showed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.</p> <p>The week's first homicide was an aspiring model from north suburban Evanston, shot while walking to a bus stop after visiting her grandmother in Englewood. </p> <p>Kaylyn Pryor was killed and a 15-year-old boy critically wounded in the drive-by shooting Monday evening.</p> <p>Pryor, 20, was standing outside with the boy in the 7300 block of South May about 6:20 p.m. when someone in a passing vehicle shot them, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. Pryor, who lived in the 400 block of Callan Avenue in Evanston, was shot in the armpit and pronounced dead at 7:01 p.m., authorities said. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the groin, and was listed in critical condition.</p> <p>Pryor was an aspiring model who recently won the “Mario, Make Me a Model” competition at Mario Tricoci Hair Salons &#038; Day Spas. Police said she was not the intended target.</p> Jeff MayesMon, 09 Nov 2015 16:00:56 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/09/week-in-review-9-year-old-boy-among-those-killed-by-by-violence-in-chicago/Bernard HowardJamar JacksonTyshawn LeeJ-Quantae RilesMarlon SpiveyJerald StrongAnti-violence activist pleads at memorial for slain teen: 'This is our fault. This isn’t just the shooter’s fault.'http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/09/anti-violence-activist-pleads-at-memorial-for-slain-teen-this-is-our-fault-this-isnt-just-the-shooters-fault/<p>By MITCH DUDEK, JON SEIDEL and JORDAN OWEN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times<br /> <a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/Boyshot110915-mom-600x450.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/Boyshot110915-mom-600x450-300x225.jpg" alt="Community activist Andrew Holmes (second from left) helps support Franika Marshall, mother of J-Quantae Riles, at a candlelight vigil at the scene of the shooting Sunday evening. | Jon Seidel/Sun-Times" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-14336" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Community activist Andrew Holmes (second from left) helps support Franika Marshall, mother of J-Quantae Riles, at a candlelight vigil at the scene of the shooting Sunday evening. | Jon Seidel/Sun-Times</p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/j-quantae-riles/">J-Quantae Riles</a> and his mother and sister moved to Virginia a few months ago to get away from the violent streets of Chicago.</p> <p>But things in Virginia didn’t work out, so J-Quantae, 14; his mother and 7-year-old sister returned to the Gage Park neighborhood a few weeks ago.</p> <p>On Saturday night, he was walking home from the store with a group of friends about 9:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of West 59th Street in the West Englewood neighborhood when someone walked up and fired shots, according to Chicago Police.</p> <p>The teen was found dead on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound in his back, authorities said. They said no one was in custody late Sunday night, and the investigation is ongoing.</p> <p>Franika Marshall, the boy’s mother, is a hair stylist and rapper who composed and starred in a music video titled “Put the Guns Down.” The video shows Marshall rapping and leading an anti-violence rally.<br /> <span id="more-14334"></span></p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/BOYSHOT110915-handposter-600x450.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/BOYSHOT110915-handposter-600x450-300x225.jpg" alt="Franika Marshall holds her hand on a photo of her son, J-Quantae, at the vigil Sunday evening. | Jon Seidel/Sun-Times" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-14337" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Franika Marshall holds her hand on a photo of her son, J-Quantae, at the vigil Sunday evening. | Jon Seidel/Sun-Times</p><br /> Marshall struggled through a candlelight vigil held at the scene of the shooting Sunday evening. Led through a crowd of well-wishers by community activists Andrew Holmes and Willie J.R. Fleming, Marshall sobbed as the men pleaded with the community for help bringing J-Quantae’s killer to justice.</p> <p>“This is our fault,” Fleming said. “This isn’t just the shooter’s fault. This is our fault as a community, as elected officials and as police. We must come together to save the life of these children.”</p> <p>Before the men carried her away, Marshall turned to a photo of her son in a light-colored hoodie. She reached out with her right hand. And she let her fingers rest on the image of her dead son’s chest.</p> <p>J-Quantae’s cousin, 12-year-old Evelyn Coleman, said Sunday he loved playing basketball and was a prankster.</p> <p>“He also loved to rap,” Coleman said of J-Quantae, who was an eighth-grader at Henderson Elementary school.</p> <p>Marshall, who is pregnant with twins, feels partly responsible for her son’s death, said Holmes, a crisis responder for Chicago Survivors who has been consoling and guiding the family.</p> <p>“She thinks it’s her fault because he got shot, but I explained to her it’s not her fault,” Holmes said. “She’s totally upset. She’s totally traumatized.”</p> <p>Holmes said it’s unclear whether the shooting was a drive-by. The teen’s friends ran off when they heard the shots.</p> <p>Around the time Marshall went to identify her son’s body on Sunday afternoon at the Cook County Medical examiner’s office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stepped up to the pulpit at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Englewood and said people must speak up and help police solve crimes.</p> <p>“We can’t live by a code of silence, we must live by a moral code,” Emanuel told the congregation. “Because where there is silence, there is evil.”</p> <p>Emanuel said earlier Sunday he visited with the family of <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/kaylyn-nicole-pryor/">Kaylyn Pryor</a>, 20, an aspiring model from Evanston who was shot and killed on Nov. 2 in Englewood, where she went to see her grandmother.</p> <p>“Later today, I’m going to go open another playground, and I want to know: Is that going to be a playground for a child to swing, or a parent to cry? And we as a city need to answer that question,” Emanuel said.</p> <p>Moments later, in a fiery homily, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina, referenced the shooting death of J-Quantae as well as 9-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/tyshawn-lee/">Tyshawn Lee</a>, who was fatally shot Monday afternoon.</p> <p>Chicago Police said Lee was lured to a South Side alley, where he was assassinated in retaliation against the boy’s father by a rival gang.</p> <p>Pfleger said he was angry, and after acknowledging that wishing suffering on another was not very Christian, he said he hoped whoever gunned down the boy was living a life of pain and misery because of his conscience.</p> <p>He urged people to be brave and speak out against violence and those who shoot guns in order to become “game-changers.”</p> <p>“We need game-changers in Chicago,” Pfleger said.</p> <p>Holmes asks anyone with information about the shootings to call Operation Restoring Innocence at (800) 883-5587 or Chicago Surviors at (312) 488-9222.</p> Jeff MayesMon, 09 Nov 2015 09:27:21 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/09/anti-violence-activist-pleads-at-memorial-for-slain-teen-this-is-our-fault-this-isnt-just-the-shooters-fault/Tyshawn LeeJ-Quantae Riles14-year-old J-Quantae Riles fatally shot while walking with friends in Gage Parkhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/08/14-year-old-j-quantae-riles-fatally-shot-while-walking-with-friends-in-gage-park/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1313.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe><br /> By JORDAN OWEN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> <p>Fourteen-year-old J-Quantae Riles, who was shot to death late Saturday in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood, had recently moved back to Chicago from Virginia with his pregnant mother and younger sister.</p> <p>J-Quantae was walking home from the store with a group of friends in the 2200 block of West 59th Street about 9:30 p.m. when shots rang out, according to Chicago Police and anti-violence activist Andrew Holmes, who spoke with the boy’s mother Sunday.</p> <p>The teen was found dead on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the back, authorities said. Holmes said it’s unclear if the shooting was a drive-by. The teen’s friends ran off when they heard the shots.<br /> <span id="more-14327"></span></p> <p><a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/rilesphoto-WIR-110815-copy-234x300.jpg"><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/11/rilesphoto-WIR-110815-copy-234x300-234x300.jpg" alt="J-Quantae Riles | family photo" width="234" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-14330" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">J-Quantae Riles | family photo</p><br /> J-Quantae’s mother had recently moved the teen and his 7-year-old sister back to Chicago from Virginia, Holmes said. She is six-months pregnant with twins.</p> <p>“She moved there to enhance their quality of life but it didn’t work out, so she returned back here,” Holmes said.</p> <p>“She thinks it’s her fault because he got shot, but I explained to her it’s not her fault,” Holmes said. “She’s totally upset. She’s totally traumatized.”</p> <p>Holmes asks anyone with information about the shooting to call Operation Restoring Innocence at (800) 883-5587 or Chicago Surviors at (312) 488-9222.</p> Jeff MayesSun, 08 Nov 2015 16:29:50 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/11/08/14-year-old-j-quantae-riles-fatally-shot-while-walking-with-friends-in-gage-park/J-Quantae Riles