Jaleel Pearson | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jaleel-pearson/Latest news about Jaleel Pearsonen-usWed, 08 Feb 2017 14:43:26 -0600Omar Gunn sentenced to 40 years for chasing down and shooting Jaleel Pearson in 2013 in South Shorehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/02/08/omar-gunn-sentenced-to-40-years-for-chasing-down-and-shooting-jaleel-pearson-in-2013-in-south-shore/<p>By JORDAN OWEN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2017/02/omargunn-225x300-225x300.jpg" alt="Omar Gunn | Cook County Sheriff&#039;s Dept." width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-24037" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Omar Gunn | Cook County Sheriff's Dept.</p><br /> A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for chasing down and shooting 18-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jaleel-pearson/">Jaleel Pearson</a> in the South Shore neighborhood in 2013.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/omar-gunn/">Omar Gunn</a>, 20, was found guilty of murder on Nov. 30, 2016, after a bench trial before Judge Timothy Joseph Joyce, according to Cook County court records.</p> <p>Gunn and Pearson were rival gang members, according to prosecutors.</p> <p>About 6:10 p.m. Sept. 13, 2013, Gunn chased Pearson into a store in the 2200 block of East 71st Street and shot him twice in the arm and chest, authorities said at the time.<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2017/02/Pearson-225x300.jpg" alt="Jaleel Pearson |" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-24039" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Jaleel Pearson |</p><br /> Pearson died at Stroger Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.</p> <p>Judge Joyce sentenced Gunn to 40 years in prison Tuesday, according to court records. He will receive credit for 1,210 days served in the Cook County Jail, and will have to serve three years of supervised release.</p> <p>A second man charged with Pearson’s murder, 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/anthony-wells/">Anthony Wells</a>, was found not guilty last year.</p> Jeff MayesWed, 08 Feb 2017 14:43:26 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/02/08/omar-gunn-sentenced-to-40-years-for-chasing-down-and-shooting-jaleel-pearson-in-2013-in-south-shore/Jaleel PearsonOmar GunnAnthony WellsOmar Gunn, Anthony Wells charged with gunning down Jaleel Pearsonhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/10/19/2440/<a href="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2013/10/wells.jpg" ><img class="size-full wp-image-2442" alt="Anthony Wells / Photo from Chicago Police" src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2013/10/wells.jpg" width="100%" height="auto" /></a> <p>Anthony Wells / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/omar-gunn/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Omar Gunn</a> and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/anthony-wells/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Anthony Wells</a> have been charged with fatally shooting 18-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jaleel-pearson/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Jaleel Pearson</a> last month on the South Side, authorities said.</p> <p>Witnesses identified Gunn, 17 and Wells, 18, as the two wearing hooded sweatshirts involved in the Sept. 13 shooting of Pearson in the 2200 block of East 71st Street, prosecutors said,<br /> <span id="more-2440"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/308.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Authorities said Wells was acting as a lookout when Gunn chased Pearson into a store and shot him twice in the arm and chest.</p> <p>Pearson’s alleged killers were rival gang members, prosecutors said.</p> <p>Gunn was denied bond, authorities said. Wells, of the 7100 block of South Jeffrey Boulevard, cried in court after Judge Israel Desierto ordered him held in lieu of $500,000 bail.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media</p> Michael LansuSat, 19 Oct 2013 20:52:22 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/10/19/2440/Jaleel PearsonOmar GunnAnthony WellsMan fatally shot in South Shorehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/09/22/man-fatally-shot-in-south-shore/<p>A man who was shot in the South Shore neighborhood Friday evening has died.<br /> Jaleel Pearson, 18, was shot in the 2200 block of East 71st Street about 6:10 p.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.<br /> An unknown male shooter approached and shot him twice in the arm and once in the chest before fleeing, police said.<br /> Pearson, of the 6800 block of South Artesian Avenue, was pronounced dead at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County about 50 minutes later, the medical examiner’s office said.<br /> No one was in custody as Area South detectives investigated.</p> Sun-Times Media WireSun, 22 Sep 2013 15:33:31 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/09/22/man-fatally-shot-in-south-shore/Jaleel Pearson