James Sweeten | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/james-sweeten/Latest news about James Sweetenen-usMon, 08 Dec 2014 11:27:59 -0600WEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot dead throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/week-in-review-four-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Four people were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when 23-year-old Loyola University pre-med student <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mutahir-rauf/">Mutahir Rauf</a> was shot during an attempted robbery in the 1200 block of West Albion Avenue near the Rogers Park campus about 7:50 p.m. Friday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9279"></span><br /> Two males walked up, showed a weapon and demanded Rauf's belongings, authorities said. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/friend-loyola-university-student-killed-in-robbery-was-bright-loyal/">Rauf thought the weapon was fake and tried to reach for it</a>, said 49th Ward Ald. Joe Moore. </p> <p>Rauf, of the 1400 block of West Pratt Boulevard, was shot in the head and chest during a scuffle, authorities said. He died minutes later.</p> <p>On the East Side, 26-year-old James Sweeten was shot in the 10600 block of South Avenue O, about 4:45 p.m. Friday, authorities said.</p> <p>Sweeten, of the 9800 block of South Avenue L, was shot in the chest died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said. A 23-year-old man was also shot numerous times, but survived his injuries, police said.</p> <p>In the South Shore community, 20-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/cedric-goodwin/">Cedric Goodwin</a> was shot multiple times in the 7400 block of South Euclid Avenue about 9 a.m. Friday, authorities said.</p> <p>Goodwin, of the 7600 block of South Euclid Avenue, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead at 12:25 p.m. Friday, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>The killing started when 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/demond-avant/">Demond Avant</a> was shot in the head while standing on a sidewalk in the 600 block of North Mayfield Avenue in the Austin community about 9:25 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.</p> <p>Avant, of the 1000 block of North Monitor Avenue, died less than an hour later at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, authorities said.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/kenyon-jones/">Kenyon Jones</a>, 33, of the 1600 block of North Nagle Avenue, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/paris-jones/">Paris Jones</a>, 24, of the 700 block of North Waller Avenue, men were charged with first-degree murder for Avant's death and each is being held on $2 million bond. It was not immediately known if the two are related.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 408 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 14 people killed by police.</p> <p>Chicago Police, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/homicides-why-do-chicago-police-and-the-medical-examiners-office-report-different-totals/">which counts murders different by following federal guidelines</a>, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.</p> Michael LansuMon, 08 Dec 2014 11:27:59 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/08/week-in-review-four-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/Demond AvantCedric GoodwinMutahir RaufJames SweetenKenyon JonesParis JonesJames Sweeten killed in East Side shootinghttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/james-sweeten-killed-in-east-side-shooting/<p><img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/12/SweetenScene-500x363.jpg" alt="Scene where James Sweeten was shot / Photo by Brian Jackson" width="100%" height="auto" class="size-large wp-image-9269" /><br /> Scene where James Sweeten was shot / Photo by Brian Jackson</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/james-sweeten/">James Sweeten</a> was killed in an East Side shooting that left another man wounded Friday evening.</p> <p>Sweeten, 26, was in the 10600 block of South Avenue O with a 23-year-old man when a gunman walked out from a gangway and shot both men about 4:45 p.m. Friday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9268"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/840.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Sweeten, of the 9800 block of South Avenue L, was shot in the chest died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.</p> <p>The other man was shot in the chest and left arm, police said. He was also taken to Christ Medical Center for treatment.</p> <p>The gunman ran away after the shooting and nobody has been charged for the murder.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating.</p> Michael LansuSat, 06 Dec 2014 20:25:12 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/12/06/james-sweeten-killed-in-east-side-shooting/James Sweeten