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Bond denied for man charged with 2016 murder of Jeremy Ray following argument over dice game

Jeff Mayes — Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:01:29 -0500

By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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Bond was denied for a man charged with shooting Jeremy H. Ray to death more than a year ago, several hours after they fought over a dice game in the South Chicago neighborhood.

Shaqir Mustapha, 20, has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old Ray about 9:30 p.m. on June 10, 2016, according to Cook County court records and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

While the medical examiner’s office identified the victim as “Jeremy H. Ray,” prosecutors referred to him as “Jeremy Rey” in court documents.

Ray, Mustapha and several other people were shooting dice about 5 p.m. that day on the sidewalk outside the Germano Millgate public housing complex in the 8900 block of South Brandon, court records state. Ray and Mustapha got into an argument during the dice game and Ray pulled out a gun and pistol-whipped Mustapha.

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Other people broke up the fight and Mustapha left the area, prosecutors said. He returned to the 8900 block of South Brandon several hours later to find Ray standing in the grass just north of the housing complex parking lot.

Witnesses told investigators Mustapha approached Ray and asked him if he had change for a $10 bill, according to court records. When Ray reached into his pocket and pulled out his money, Mustapha pulled out a gun and shot him repeatedly at close range, striking him four times in the chest, four times in the abdomen and five times in his extremities.

Ray, who lived in the Far South Side Mount Greenwood neighborhood, was taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said at the time.

Multiple witnesses identified Mustapha as the shooter and a warrant for his arrest was issued on July 1, 2016, prosecutors said.

Investigators determined that he had left Illinois, and he was arrested Aug. 1 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, by the FBI and the Minneapolis Violent Crimes Task Force, according to the FBI. He was extradited to Chicago on Thursday.

Judge James Brown ordered Mustapha held without bond during a hearing Friday.

Suspect wanted for fatal 2016 shooting of Jeremy Ray in South Chicago arrested a year later by FBI agents in Minnesota

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:28:35 -0500

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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A man wanted for the fatal shooting of Jeremy H. Ray more than a year ago in the South Chicago neighborhood has been captured in Minnesota.

Shaqir Mustapha, 20, was arrested Aug. 1 in the 5800 block of 73rd Avenue North in Brooklyn Park by the FBI Minneapolis Violent Crimes Task Force, according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon.

A first-degree murder warrant was issued July 1, 2016, by Judge Robert Johnson, charging Mustapha with the fatal shooting of the 27-year-old Ray, according to Cook County court records.

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At 9:35 p.m. June 10, 2016, Ray was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire, striking him repeatedly, authorities said at the time. The shooters got back in the car and drove off.

Ray, who lived in the Far South Side Mount Greenwood neighborhood, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., authorities said.

The Chicago Police Department asked the FBI to locate and arrest Mustapha, who was identified by witnesses as the shooter.

He is being held at the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, Croon said.

WEEK IN REVIEW: 12 killed in Chicago violence, including two who had gone to funeral of another shooting victim

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:00:39 -0500

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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At least 12 people were killed in violence last week in Chicago and the death toll included a 17-year-old, two 18-year-olds, and two men who hours earlier had been to the funeral of another gunshot victim.

After spending the day at the funeral of a friend who was shot to death last week, Antwon Brooks and Javil Nunn were themselves shot to death early Sunday on a porch in the Brainerd neighborhood.

Police were responded at 1:13 a.m. to a call of shots fired in the 9000 block of South Marshfield and found the men unresponsive, according to Chicago Police.

Brooks, 42; and Nunn, 33, were both pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. AUtopsies showed both men died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Both victims had attended the funeral of Anreco D. Nichols, who was shot to death just a week earlier in Chatham.

A few hours later, the body of 32-year-old Dwayne T. Triplett was found slumped over the wheel of his car in Englewood. About 8:35 a.m., an officer on patrol found Triplett dead of a gunshot wound near his home in the 1100 block of West 72nd Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He had been shot in the head and chest.

A 17-year-old boy was killed and a 19-year-old man wounded in a shooting late Saturday in Back of the Yards. They were standing in the street about 10:20 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Sangamon when a car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to police.

The boy, identified as Christopher Fields, was shot in the back and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died. Fields, a sophomore at Urban Prep Academy, was not the intended target of the shoot, according to a statement from the school CEO.

The older teen was taken to the same hospital with an arm wound. His condition stabilized, police said.

A 18-year-old south suburban man died hours after being shot in the West Chatham neighborhood early Saturday. Travell Montgomery was on a porch in the 8800 block of South Princeton at 1:30 a.m. when three gunmen walked up and opened fire, shooting him in the head, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Montgomery was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died just before 8 p.m.

A 27-year-old man was shot to death in the South Chicago neighborhood Friday night. Jeremy H. Ray was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire, striking him repeatedly, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The shooters then drove off. Ray was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., authorities said.

Another Englewood shooting left one man dead and another wounded Friday night. Terry Bates Jr., 26, and a 27-year-old man were outside in the 200 block of West Garfield about 8:45 p.m. Two gunmen walked up to them and opened fire before running away, according to authorities.

The men were each shot multiple times and were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Bates was pronounced dead. The condition of the 27-year-old, who suffered chest and leg wounds, was stabilized, police said.

A 52-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday evening in Ashburn. Paul Webster was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle about 5:26 p.m. in the 2800 block of West 84th Place when a dark-colored vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Webster, whose home address wasn’t known, was shot in the chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot in West Englewood on Wednesday night. Lewis Johnson was shot several times in the abdomen about 8:10 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Marshfield, police and the medical examiner’s office said. Johnson, who lived in the same block, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.

Lanorris Webster was shot to death Wednesday afternoon in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 3300 block of West Ohio about 1:40 p.m. and found the 34-year-old with a gunshot wound to the left chest, authorities said. Webster was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:15 p.m..

A man was stabbed to death during a fight Monday morning in the Roseland neighborhood. Anthony Williams, 52, was fighting with someone in the 11400 block of South Indiana when the other person stabbed him multiple times at 7:54 a.m., according to authorities. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect ran away and is not in custody, police said.

The week's first homicide left a northwest suburban man dead and a woman injured in a South Loop shooting early Monday. About 4 a.m., 27-year-old Sami Talab Salaymeh and a 23-year-old woman were in a vehicle in the 2400 block of South Michigan Avenue when two people walked up, and one pulled a gun and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

Salaymeh, of Hanover Park, was shot in the abdomen and arm; and the woman suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg, authorities said. They drove themselves to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where Salaymeh was pronounced dead and the woman was listed in good condition.

Jeremy Ray fatally shot by two men in South Chicago

Jeff Mayes — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:21:17 -0500

Jeremy H. Ray man was shot to death in the South Chicago neighborhood Friday night.

The 27-year-old Ray was outside in the 8900 block of South Brandon about 9:35 p.m. when two gunmen got out of a car, walked up and opened fire before driving away, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ray, who was shot multiple times, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 4200 block of West 112th Place.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire