WEEK IN REVIEW: 15 people killed in Chicago, including 4 during robbery at what cops called a Far South Side drug house

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:50:31 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

At least 15 people were killed in Chicago last week, including four who were slain in what police called a robbery or home invasion as a home where drugs were being sold on the Far South Side.

The Fernwood massacre occurred Saturday at what Chicago Police called “dope house” in the 100 block of West 105th Street. However, it wasn’t clear exactly when the shootings happened.

Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. to the home and found Elijah Jackson, 36; Shacora Jackson, 40; and Nateyah Yafah Hines, 19, dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived in the house. A fourth person, 45-year-old Scott Travis Thompson of southwest suburban Romeoville was also found dead.

Shacora Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while the otherss each suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to the medical examiner’s office. A fifth victim, an 18-year-old woman found outside with at least one gunshot wound, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she remained in critical condition. A 2-year-old boy was unharmed and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital for observation.

The week's killings pushed the city total to more than 750 for 2016.

The week's last homicide occurred Sunday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Joel Planas, 34, was involved in a fight with another man at 12:52 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Irving Park Road when the person he was fighting pulled a gun and fired, striking him in the abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Planas was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was died about 5 hours later, police said.
A southwest suburban man was shot to death Friday night in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Just after 10 p.m., 28-year-old Crispin Coliz Jr. got into an argument with two men inside a convenience store, authorities said.

When Coliz got into a vehicle and started driving away, the two others followed in a light-colored SUV, pulled alongside him in the 7200 block of West Grace, and opened fire, hitting him in the side of the head. Coliz, who lived in Cherry Hill, was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead.
Michael Newell was shot and killed during a robbery Friday night in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. At 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the 52-year-old shot in a parked car in the 5100 block of South Long, authorities said. He had was getting into his car when someone walked up and pulled a gun, police said. When Newell tried to drive away, he was shot in the head and then crashed his car into another parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood. A 47-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 17-year-old boys were walking down the street at 3:29 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Rockwell, according to police. Two people got out of a silver vehicle parked at the mouth of an alley and opened fired at the group.
The 47-year-old, identified as Arturo Zizumbo, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. One of the 17-year-olds, identified as Daniel H. Torres, was shot multiple times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The other two victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 18-year-old was listed in serious condition, and the other 17-year-old, who was shot in the face and neck, was in critical condition, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Corey Martin was walking on the street in the 600 block of North Long at 8:41 a.m. when someone approached, showed a gun and started shooting, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Martin was shot multiple times and was found behind a nearby property and pronounced dead.
A 30-year-old man who was shot to death early Friday in the Lawndale neighborhood had been wounded in another shooting hours earlier, police said. Officers responding to a call of a person down at 1:07 a.m. found 30-year-old Lavaris Johnson with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1600 block of South Millard, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. Three hours earlier, he had been shot in the arm in a drive-by about a mile away in the same neighborhood, and took himself to a hospital where he was treated and released.
A Georgia man was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Antonian T. Mixon, 47, was on the sidewalk at 10:10 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Perry when a male with a gun walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The suspect then fired shots, striking Mixon in the head, before driving away. Mixon, who lived in Lithonia, Georgia, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 49-year-old man was found shot to death Monday afternoon in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side. About 12:30 p.m., officers found Lawrence T. Matchem unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of East 40th Street, police and the medical examiner’s office said. Matchem was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 53-year-old man was shot to death Monday morning in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Officers responding to a call of a person down about 11:45 a.m. found Quenten Wright on the ground near his home in the 11400 block of South King Drive with a gunshot wound to the head and gunshot wounds to each arm, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Wright was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died about three hours later.
A 32-year-old man who was shot on Thanksgiving in the West Side Austin neighborhood died of his wounds early Monday. Anthony Shorter and a 35-year-old man were talking to a third man about 11:45 p.m. Nov. 24 in the 1600 block of North Latrobe when an argument began and the third man pulled out a handgun and fired, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Shorter was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg; and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:22 a.m. Monday, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The older man was shot in the leg and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where his condition stabilized.

Lavaris 'Goose' Johnson shot to death in Lawndale, just hours after being wounded in shooting just blocks away

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:51:09 -0600

Lavaris "Goose" Johnson was shot to death early Friday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, just hours after he was reportedly wounded in another shooting less than a mile away.

Officers investigate after a fatal Lawndale shooting early Friday. | Network Video Productions

Officers responding to a call of a person down at 1:07 a.m. found the 30-year-old Johnson with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1600 block of South Millard, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The circumstances of the attack were unknown.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:28 a.m., authorities said. He lived in the 4100 block of South Berkeley.

About three hours earlier, a 30-year-old man was shot in the 1800 block of South Pulaski. About 10:05 p.m., he was driving when someone in a light colored car pulled up and opened fire, according to police. The victim was shot in the left arm and drove himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Police said investigators were looking into the possibility that the two shootings were related, but would not confirm media reports that Johnson was the victim in the earlier shooting.

However, a friend posted on Facebook that Johnson had been shot in the arm and taken himself to the ER just hours before being killed.

Known to friends as "Goose," he attended Westinghouse Area Vocational High School and Chicago State University.

--Homicide Watch Chicago and Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Lavaris Johnson | Homicide Watch Chicago

WEEK IN REVIEW: 15 people killed in Chicago, including 4 during robbery at what cops called a Far South Side drug house

Lavaris 'Goose' Johnson shot to death in Lawndale, just hours after being wounded in shooting just blocks away