WEEK IN REVIEW: Two boys, ages 9 and 14, among nine people to die by gun violence in Chicago

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:00:56 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
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.

The younger boy, Tyshawn Lee, was shot in an alley in the 8000 block of South Damen at 4:15 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

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.

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.

Police Supt. Garry McCarthy later said that Tyshawn was targeted, lured to the alley and "executed" as retribution for his father's gang activity.

The 14-year-old, J-Quantae Riles, was shot to death late Saturday in the Gage Park neighborhood after recently moving back to Chicago from Virginia.

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.

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.

A man was killed in an Englewood shooting Saturday night. Michael A. Johnson, 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.

Johnson, of the 2900 block of West 79th Street, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead 11:22 p.m.

A man found shot to death in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday was identified as 56-year-old Bernard Howard.

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.

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.

A 51-year-old man was killed and two other men critically wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Friday night.

Felix McGhee Jr. 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.

McGhee, who lived on the same block, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

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.

A 22-year-old man man was shot and killed Thursday night in East Chatham. Jamar Jackson 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.

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.

A man was shot to death in Gage Park on Tuesday evening. Marlon Spivey, 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.

Spivey, of the 5600 block of South Campbell, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 7:28 p.m., authorities said.

Police said the suspects ran west on 56th Street after the shooting.

A 24-year-old man was shot and killed during an argument Tuesday afternoon in North Lawndale. Jerald Strong 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.

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.

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.

Kaylyn Pryor was killed and a 15-year-old boy critically wounded in the drive-by shooting Monday evening.

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.

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.

Pryor was an aspiring model who recently won the “Mario, Make Me a Model” competition at Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas. Police said she was not the intended target.

Jamar Jackson fatally shot in East Chatham

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:41:58 -0600

Jamar Jackson was shot and killed Thursday night in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.

The 22-year-old 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 Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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WEEK IN REVIEW: Two boys, ages 9 and 14, among nine people to die by gun violence in Chicago

Jamar Jackson fatally shot in East Chatham