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Man charged with fatal shooting of sister’s boyfriend because he thought Lamont Alexander had been beating her

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:05:36 -0600

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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A man who received a call claiming his sister had been beaten has been charged with fatally shooting her boyfriend, Lamont Alexander, in the North Lawndale neighborhood a year ago.

Alonzo Redditt, 21, faces one count of first-degree murder for the Dec. 4, 2015, shooting of the 23-year-old Alexander, according the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

Redditt got a call saying that his sister had been beaten by her boyfriend, Alexander, and went to confront him, prosecutors said during Redditt’s bond hearing Thursday.

The men got into a fight shortly before 4 p.m. in the street in the 4100 block of West 21st Street. Another man approached and grabbed Alexander from behind, pulling him away from Redditt, police and prosecutors said.

Redditt then pulled out a handgun and hit Alexander three times in the face, before shooting him in the head, prosecutors said.

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Alexander, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:24 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.

After the shooting, Redditt grabbed the gun’s magazine, ran from the scene, and was picked up by a car about a block away, prosecutors said.

The man who had grabbed Alexander from behind stayed at the scene and spoke with police, telling them he saw Redditt with the gun, prosecutors said. There were also witnesses to the shooting who gave a physical description of Redditt.

Redditt later admitted to a third party that he had shot Alexander, prosecutors said.

During Thursday’s hearing, Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Redditt held in the Cook County Jail on a $350,000 bond, court records show. He is due back in court Dec. 21.

WEEK IN REVIEW: At least 7 people were fatally shot in Chicago in the last week

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 16:00:32 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Homicide Watch Chicago
At least seven people were fatally shot in Chicago last week, four of them during a violent weekend during which nearly 30 shootings were reported by police.

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday morning in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Brandon Miles was in the driver’s seat of a car when someone opened fire from another car about 6:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of West 50th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Miles was taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to his back and neck, and later died there, authorities said.

A 25-year-old man was found with fatal gunshot wounds Saturday morning in Humboldt Park. Officers found Frankie Gutierrez unresponsive in the passenger’s seat just after 7 a.m. in the 800 block of North Avers, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Gutierrez was pronounced dead on the way to Mount Sinai Hospital.

A man was killed in a Gage Park neighborhood shooting Friday evening. Officers found 64-year-old Jose Arreola unresponsive on a sidewalk in the 5100 block of South Troy with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and legs at 7:09 p.m., police and the medical examiner’s office said.

Arreola, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later died, authorities said.

Lamont Alexander was fatally shot Friday afternoon in North Lawndale. Police called the shooting domestic-related.

The 23-year-old was fighting with two people on a sidewalk in the 4100 block of West 21st Street just before 4 p.m. when one of the other two pulled a gun and shot him in the head, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Alexander, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:24 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide.

A 63-year-old school bus driver was shot to death Thursday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood. Anthony Bowers was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head about 6 a.m. in the 12000 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

Bowers, who lived on the same block, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 22-year-old man died a day after being shot in the head near the CTA’s Kimball Brown Line station Monday evening.

Gabriel Claudio was standing outside in the 4700 block of North Kimball about 5:30 p.m. when someone walked out of an alley and started shooting, striking him in the head, arm and thigh, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Claudio was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he died about 25 hours later, authorities said.

The week's first homicide was 16-year-old boy shot to death early Tuesday in the East Chatham neighborhood. Ty'Sean D. Rollins Smith was found unresponsive at 1:07 a.m. in a hallway of an apartment building in the 800 block of East 83rd Street, according to police and the medical examiner's office.

He had been shot in the chest and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say Lamont Alexander was fatally shot in a 'domestic' incident in North Lawndale

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:16:39 -0600

A 23-year-old man fatally shot Friday afternoon in what police called a domestic incident in North Lawndale has been identified as Lamont Alexander.

Alexander was fighting with two people on a sidewalk in the 4100 block of West 21st Street just before 4 p.m. when one of the other two pulled out a gun and shot him in the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Alexander, who lived on the same block, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:24 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide.

Police called the shooting domestic-related, but gave no other details.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire