http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/john-bolden/Latest news about John Boldenen-usWed, 20 Sep 2017 09:59:12 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/09/20/john-bolden-killed-in-washington-heights-drive-by-as-chicago-hits-500-homicides-for-the-year/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/2646.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>By TOM SCHUBA<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/john-bolden/">John Bolden</a> was killed late Sunday in a Washington Heights neighborhood drive-by shooting on the Far South Side, marking the city’s 500th homicide of 2017.</p> <p>The 47-year-old Bolden was sitting in a parked car at 11:22 p.m. on the block where he lived in the 10100 block of South Racine, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Someone in a passing gray van fired shots, striking him multiple times in the side of the body, police said.</p> <p>Bolden was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 12:20 a.m. on Monday, police said.</p> <p>No one was in custody as Area South detectives investigate, police said.</p> <p>Bolden’s death was the 500th homicide in the city this year, and the 465th shooting death of 2017, according to data maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times.</p> <p>Last year, the city reached 500 homicides 14 days sooner, Sun-Times data shows. as of this date last year, there had been 534 homicides in 2016.</p> Jeff MayesWed, 20 Sep 2017 09:59:12 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2017/09/20/john-bolden-killed-in-washington-heights-drive-by-as-chicago-hits-500-homicides-for-the-year/John Bolden