Louis Winn | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/Latest news about Louis Winnen-usTue, 17 Jun 2014 16:41:17 -0500Prosecutors: Takia Lanza repeatedly stabbed Luis Winn, 53, in the chest on Father's Dayhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/17/prosecutors-takia-lanza-repeatedly-stabbed-luis-winn-53-in-the-chest-on-fathers-day/<img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/06/TakiaLanza-150x150.jpg" alt="Takia Lanza / Photo from Chicago Police" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6596" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Takia Lanza / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p>BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN<br /> Chicago Sun-Times</p> <p>Eric O’Neil spent part of Father’s Day enjoying a beer on his longtime neighbor’s porch on the Far South Side.</p> <p>Before the night was over, O’Neil’s friend, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/">Louis Winn Jr.</a> — a father and a grandfather — was stabbed to death in O’Neil’s car.</p> <p>Cook County prosecutor Colleen Rogers said in court Tuesday that before the 56-year-old Winn was stabbed to death by his niece, she “reproached the victim about how he was spending his time” near their home in the 10400 block of South Morgan Street.</p> <p>O’Neil told the Chicago Sun-Times Tuesday he didn’t know what started the fight but remembers the two getting into a physical altercation after <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/takia-lanza/">Takia Lanza</a>, his niece, punched Winn in the face.<br /> <span id="more-6602"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/606.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>“I wasn’t paying attention because I didn’t think it was serious,” O’Neil, 52, said.</p> <p>O’Neil said Lanza, 39, also punched him inadvertently when he tried to break up the fight.</p> <p>Eventually, Lanza went back inside the house, prosecutors said.</p> <p>But when Winn got into O’Neil’s car, she allegedly came back outside out with a steak knife, reached inside the passenger side of the car and stabbed Winn repeatedly in the chest, prosecutors said.</p> <p>“I thought she was punching him but then Louis told me, ‘Aww. She stabbed me’ and passed out,” O’Neil said.</p> <p>O’Neil said he was able to get Winn out of the car and called 911.</p> <p>But it was too late. </p> <p>Winn was stabbed through the heart and had multiple defense wounds, Rogers said.</p> <p>O’Neil said he was still recovering from the shock of watching his neighbor of roughly three decades die.</p> <p>“Someone got murdered in my car and for what?” he said.</p> <p>Lanza, mother of a seven-year-old boy, is charged with Winn’s murder and was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail Tuesday.</p> Michael LansuTue, 17 Jun 2014 16:41:17 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/17/prosecutors-takia-lanza-repeatedly-stabbed-luis-winn-53-in-the-chest-on-fathers-day/Louis WinnTakia LanzaTakia Lanza charged with murder in Far South Side stabbing death of 56-year-old Louis Winnhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/takia-lanza-charged-with-murder-in-far-south-side-stabbing-death-of-56-year-old-louis-winn/<img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2014/06/TakiaLanza-150x150.jpg" alt="Takia Lanza / Photo from Chicago Police" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6596" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Takia Lanza / Photo from Chicago Police</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/takia-lanza/">Takia Lanza</a> has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her uncle during a domestic dispute Sunday night on the Far South Side, police said.</p> <p>Lanza, 39, is accused of stabbing 56-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/">Louis Winn</a> in the chest during an argument at his home in the 10000 block of South Morgan Street about 9:15 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-6595"></span><br /> <iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/606.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Winn, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Lanza, who lives with her uncle, is scheduled to appear in bond court Tuesday, police said.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuMon, 16 Jun 2014 23:07:55 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/takia-lanza-charged-with-murder-in-far-south-side-stabbing-death-of-56-year-old-louis-winn/Louis WinnTakia LanzaWEEK IN REVIEW: Eight killed throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/week-in-review-eight-killed-throughout-chicago/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Five men and three women were murdered throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>At least three of the deaths were classified as domestic related, police said.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when 56-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/">Louis Winn</a> was stabbed during a domestic dispute at his home in the 10000 block of South Morgan Street about 9:10 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. He died less than an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.<br /> <span id="more-6591"></span><br /> On Saturday, 17-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brandon-peterson/">Brandon Peterson</a> was shot in the head and leg while standing with a group of people in the 3100 block of West Polk Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood about 12:05 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Peterson, of the 3000 block of West Polk Street, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County a short time later, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>On Friday, 27-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/dewey-knox/">Dewey Knox</a> was shot during during a drive-by in the 1300 block of South Central Park Avenue about 11:55 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Knox, of the 1400 block of South Troy Street, was shot in the back and died at Mount Sinai Hospital early Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office. </p> <p>On Thursday, 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/damian-williams/">Damian Williams</a> was shot in the 5700 bock of West Augusta Boulevard in the Austin community about 8:55 p.m., authorities said. A 23-year-old man was also critically wounded.</p> <p>Williams, of the 5900 block of West Augusta Boulevard, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/13/damian-williams-killed-in-austin-area-shooting/">was shot multiple times in the chest and died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than an hour later</a>, authorities said.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 26-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/brett-ewing/">Brett Ewing</a> was shot while driving in the 200 block of West 72nd Street in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood about 3 p.m., authorities said. A 4-year-old boy was also wounded.</p> <p>Ewing, of the 6800 block of South Perry Avenue, was shot four times and died at Stroger Hospital at 6:37 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.</p> <p>On Monday, 21-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/paris-brown/">Paris Brown</a> was shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 7300 block of South Perry Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood about 10:55 p.m., authorities said. A man was also wounded in the shooting.</p> <p>Brown, who lived on the block, was shot multiple times died at Stroger Hospital less than an hour later, authorities said.</p> <p>The killings started when <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/laquisha-hickman/">LaQuisha Hickman</a>, 37, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/nykole-loving/">Nykole Loving</a>, 23, were fatally shot during a domestic dispute in the 3500 block of West 79th Place in the Ashburn community about 8:55 a.m. Monday, authorities said. An 18-year-old man was also wounded.</p> <p>Hickman had filed a domestic battery report with Chicago Police officers against her longtime boyfriend <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/edward-prince/">Edward Prince</a> following a quarrel the night before -- apparently over her ending their relationship, officials say. Prince, 36, left the house before police arrived, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/10/officials-laquisha-hickman-nicole-loving-killed-in-domestic-dispute-in-ashburn-community/">but returned the next morning and went on a shooting spree</a>, authorities say.</p> <p>Prince then turned the gun on himself and was dead on the scene.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 172 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including seven people killed by police.</p> <p>Additionally, the state’s attorney’s office filed first-degree murder charges <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/03/16/10-million-bond-for-woman-charged-with-murder-in-crash-that-killed-off-duty-cop/">against a speeding motorist who killed an off-duty police officer</a> while trying to flee police even though the autopsy ruled the death an accident.</p> <p>Chicago Police, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/homicides-why-do-chicago-police-and-the-medical-examiners-office-report-different-totals/">which counts murders different</a>, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.</p> Michael LansuMon, 16 Jun 2014 08:47:23 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/week-in-review-eight-killed-throughout-chicago/Paris BrownBrett EwingLaQuisha HickmanDewey KnoxNykole LovingBrandon PetersonDamian WilliamsLouis WinnEdward PrinceLouis Winn, 56, stabbed to death on Far South Sidehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/louis-winn-56-stabbed-to-death-on-far-south-side/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/606.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/louis-winn/">Louis Winn</a> was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute Sunday night on the Far South Side.</p> <p>Winn, 56, was stabbed in the chest at his home in the 10000 block of South Morgan Street about 9:10 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-6588"></span><br /> Winn died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 10:02 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>A female was taken into custody after the attack, but no charges have been filed as of early Monday, police said.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating.</p> Michael LansuMon, 16 Jun 2014 07:42:50 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/06/16/louis-winn-56-stabbed-to-death-on-far-south-side/Louis Winn