Jeffery Whiters | Homicide Watch Chicago

Comment of the Day: "Jeff you will be greatly missed"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:54:53 -0600

Jeffery Whiters was shot to death early Saturday in the South Deering neighborhood. Reader Anthony Titus shared this about him:

Jeffrey was a good man and did not deserve to die in this manor, my love goes out to his family and all of his close friend's...I recently got to have a conversation with him and I know he was in a good place at this time in his life. Jeff you will be greatly missed...and to his Mom and Dad, Brother's and Sister's I am very sorry for your loss !!!

WEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot, one stabbed to death throughout city

Michael Lansu — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:43:51 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Five people were killed by violence throughout the city last week.

Two men have been charged with murder in separate killings -- an alleged North Side drug deal and a Southwest Side domestic incident.

The most recent murder happened when Tyshon Anderson was shot to death in the first-floor hallway of a building in the 2700 block of East 80th Street about 11:05 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Anderson, 18, of who lived on the block, was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died less than an hour later, authorities said.

In the South Deering neighborhood, Jeffery Whiters was shot to death on a sidewalk in the 2400 block of East 100th Street about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Whiters, 34, of the 1200 block of West 74th Place, was shot in the right thigh and "left side of the body," authorities said. He died at 2:47 a.m. Saturday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

In the Little Village neighborhood, Rosa Maria Perez, 27, was found stabbed to death inside her apartment in the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue about 10 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Aaron Mejia, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder for Perez' death, authorities said. Perez' family said the pair had been dating for about three years and lived together in the home.

In the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Irbinzon Gonzalez was fatally shot about 7:30 p.m. Monday in a McDonald's parking lot in the 4800 block of North Lincoln Avenue, authorities said.

Gonzalez, 25, of the 2600 block of West Winnemac Avenue, was shot in the head inside a BMW and was dead on the scene, authorities said.

Cordero H. Sims, 26, of Naperville, was charged with murder in Gonzalez' death. Prosecutors said Sims shot Gonzalez during a drug deal.

Additionally, Brandon Torres died Monday night after he was shot in the head early Sunday in the 1600 block of West 44th Street, authorities said. Torres, 21, of the 4700 block of South Halsted Street, was sitting inside a vehicle when he was shot about 2:10 p.m. Sunday.

Jeffery Whiters shot to death in South Deering

Michael Lansu — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 10:43:38 -0600

Jeffery Whiters was shot to death in the South Deering neighborhood early Saturday.

Police found Whiters, 34, on a sidewalk in the 2400 block of East 100th Street with gunshot wounds to his right thigh and "left side of the body" about 12:15 a.m., authorities said.

Whiters, of the 1200 block of West 74th Place, was initially taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was declared dead at 2:47 a.m., authorities said.

Nobody has been charged in the shooting.

Area South detectives are investigating.