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Family: Slain father Malcolm Tompkins shot dead picking up family dinner

Michael Lansu — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:10:49 -0600

Malcolm Tompkins / Photo from Facebook

BY CHANTELLE NAVARRO
Homicide Watch Chicago

Andrea Tompkins' last words to her brother were "I love you," she said.

Malcolm Tompkins, 25, was fatally shot hours later when he went to pick up Chinese food Feb. 20 at the New China Wok restaurant in the Englewood neighborhood, family said.

“That’s all he called me for earlier that day, just to say I love you,” Andrea Tompkins said. “He didn't even have a phone, but he would always call just to check up on me.”

“He was the happiest person you could ever meet,” said Andrea Tompkins. “He was that was one person you could always turn to call ... Even if he didn't know you, he would help you with anything."

Family said Malcolm Tompkins was such a positive person they could not remember a time he ever got upset.

Malcolm Tompkins was a "family-oriented" man who often spent time at home with his older brother and 2-year-old son, his mother, Francie Tompkins, said.

Malcolm Tompkins, who worked in construction rehabbing houses and had a ferocious appetite for doughnuts, enjoyed watching SpongeBob SquarePants with his son and was determined to be present for every milestone in his child's life, Francie Tompkins said.

“He was there for his son literally every step of the way,” Francie Tompkins said.

On the night Malcolm Tompkins was killed, police found him shot multiple times in the 5600 block of South Green Street about 5:45 p.m., authorities said. Tompkins was declared dead less than an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

"The restaurant called and said that he hadn't picked up the order. We're only two blocks away, and he's a fast walker," Tompkins told DNAinfo Chicago. "We sat there for hours just waiting for him to come home."

It wasn’t until later that relatives realized he was killed less than a block away from his home in 5600 block of South Peoria Street,family said.

Family said Tompkins was not in a gang, but court records indicated he has been charged numerous times, most recently a 2014 drug charge.

Nobody has been charged for the murder. Area South detectives are investigating.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot dead throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:01:35 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Four men were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.

Two of the men were killed over the weekend, when at least eight other people were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent killing happened when office found 26-year-old Swan Lockhart shot in the 2000 block of West 69th Place in the West Englewood neighborhood about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Lockhart, of the 7100 block of South Honore Street, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

On Saturday, 28-year-old Demarcus Adams was shot multiple times in the 4600 block of North Malden Street in the Uptown neighborhood about 5:05 p.m., authorities said.

Adams, of the 4400 block of North Racine Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Friday, police found 25-year-old Malcolm Thompkins shot in the 5600 block of South Green Street in the Englewood neighborhood about 5:45 p.m., authorities said.

Tompkins, of the 5600 block of South Peoria Street, was declared dead less than an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The killing started when 30-year-old Julio Ramos was shot in the head while sitting in an SUV parked in the 2000 block of West Fullerton Avenue in the Bucktown neighborhood about 11:40 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Ramos, of the 4000 block of West Oakdale Avenue, died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 3:17 a.m. Friday, authorities said.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 45 Chicago deaths in 2015 a homicide.

Malcolm Tompkins killed in Englewood shooting

Michael Lansu — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:18:37 -0600

Malcolm Tompkins was fatally shot in the Englewood neighborhood Friday afternoon.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 5600 block of South Green Street found Tompkins unresponsive about 5:45 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

Tompkins, 25, of the 5600 block of South Peoria Street, was declared dead less than an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire