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Teen charged with fatal shooting of 16-year-old Jorge Ruiz in Humboldt Park

Jeff Mayes — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:21:09 -0500

A teenager has been charged with fatally shooting 16-year-old Jorge Ruiz earlier this year in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Jeremiah Nieves, 17, of the 1300 block of North Monticello, faces one count of first-degree murder, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 10:10 p.m. on Feb. 10 in the 1600 block of North Keeler found Ruiz shot several times in an alley, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ruiz, who lived a block away in the 1700 block of North Keeler, was dead at the scene, authorities said.

At the time, police said the shooting may have been gang-related.

On Saturday, police said the teen has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder for the attack.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

WEEK IN REVIEW: Six killed throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:12:09 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Six people were killed throughout Chicago last week.

Two of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least six other people were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent killing happened when two men were shot inside a van in the 1400 block of West 71st Street in the West Englewood community about 3:20 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he later died, authorities said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not yet released his name.

The other man, 24, was shot in the arm and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment, police said.

On Friday, 31-year-old Clevland Head was found dead on a sidewalk near West 87th Street and South Holland Road about 11:55 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

An autopsy determined Head, of the 9100 block of South Wentworth Avenue, died from a broken neck caused by blunt force, according to the medical examiner’s office, which ruled the death a homicide.

On Tuesday, 16-year-old Jorge Ruiz was shot multiple times and found in an alley in the 1600 block of North Keeler Avenue in the Humboldt Park community about 10:10 p.m., authorities said.

Ruiz, of the 1700 block of North Keeler Avenue, was declared dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Monday, 37-year-old Sherrell M. Wayne was shot in the neck while sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked in the 5100 block of West Crystal Street about 9:35 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

After being shot, Wayne attempted to drive to his home in the nearby 5100 block of West Potomac Avenue, where he died at the scene, authorities said.

On the Near West Side, 60-year-old Robert Smith was found dead in an apartment building in the 100 block of North Wood Street, authorities said.

Smith, who lived on the block, had been shot and stabbed multiple times and died at the scene, authorities said.

The killing started when 33-year-old Jamaine McDaniel was shot in the head and chest in the 200 block of South Lotus Avenue in the Austin community about 11:10 a.m. last Monday, authorities said.

McDaniel, who lived on the block, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 40 Chicago deaths in 2015 a homicide.

Jorge Ruiz, 16, fatally shot in Humboldt Park

Michael Lansu — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:05:38 -0600

A 16-year-old boy was found shot to death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Tuesday night.

Jorge Ruiz was shot multiple times and found in an alley in the 1600 block of North Keeler Avenue about 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.

Ruiz, of the 1700 block of North Keeler Avenue, was declared dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which ruled the death a homicide.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire