Marshawn Flemon Jr. | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marshawn-flemon-jr/Latest news about Marshawn Flemon Jr.en-usMon, 27 Apr 2015 09:26:26 -0500WEEK IN REVIEW: Ten shot dead throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/27/week-in-review-ten-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago</p> <p>Ten people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>Four of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 22 other people were wounded by gunfire.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when for high school basketball star <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/tim-triplett/">Tim Triplett</a> was found shot to death in the 3500 block of West Flournoy Street at 12:40 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-11009"></span><br /> Triplett, of the 4400 block of West Adams Street, was shot multiple times and died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/27/tim-triplett-former-prep-basketball-standout-shot-to-death-in-east-garfield-park/">Triplett was a standout basketball player at Crane and Marshall</a>. He also briefly attended Farragut.</p> <p>On Saturday, 18-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/javante-linson/">Javante Linson</a> was found shot multiple times in a gangway in the 3400 block of South Hamilton Avenue about 1 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Linson, of the 2700 block of West Lexington Street, had been shot in the head and abdomen and died at the scene, authorities said.</p> <p>On Friday, 19-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/nicole-m-towns/">Nicole M. Towns</a> was shot as she left a party in the 9300 block of South LaSalle Street in Roseland when a gunman opened fire about 11 p.m., police said.</p> <p>Towns, 19, of the 7400 block of South Michigan Avenue, was shot in the side and died at the scene, authorities said. Two other people were wounded, police said.</p> <p>In the Marquette Park community, 26-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rashad-a-abdullah/">Rashad A. Abdullah</a> was outside in the 7000 block of South Talman Avenue when two people approached from behind and shot him about 10 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Abdullah, who lived on the block, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Thursday, 16-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/amari-r-sutton/">Amari Sutton</a> was found shot in the chest and neck outside in the 1400 block of East 73rd Street in South Shore about 6 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Sutton, who lived on the block, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 33-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/myron-mason/">Myron Mason</a> fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, 28-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mechelle-lewis/">Mechelle Lewis</a>, outside her home in the 7200 block of South Bennett Avenue in South Shore about 9:50 p.m., prosecutors said.</p> <p>After the shooting, the man took Lewis' two children — an 8-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy — <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/23/myron-mason-held-without-bond-for-fatally-shooting-mechelle-lewis-in-front-of-her-children/">and drove to the Grand Crossing District police station, where he was taken into custody</a>, police said.</p> <p>Mason, of the 8600 block of South Kingston Avenue, is being held without bond.</p> <p>In North Lawndale, 21-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jaquille-reams/">Jaquille Reams</a> was inside a store in the 3400 block of West Ogden Avenue when he was shot several times about 1 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.</p> <p>Reams, of the 100 block of North Lamon Avenue, died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In Bronzeville, 26-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jeremy-collins/">Jeremy Collins</a> was shot multiple times while driving in the 400 block of East 47th Street about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said.</p> <p>Collins, of the 700 block of North Monticello Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Monday, 21-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/dmontre-smith/">D'Montre Smith</a> was standing in the 10200 block of South May Street in Washington Heights when a car drove past and somebody inside shot Smith in the chest 10:30 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Smith, who lived on the block, later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.</p> <p>The killings started when 18-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marshawn-flemon-jr/">Marshawn Flemon Jr.</a> was shot in the back about in the 6000 block of South King Drive about 2:45 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Flemon, of the 6800 block of South Wabash Avenue, died at Stroger Hospital about an hour later, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In 2015, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 117 Chicago deaths a homicide, including one person fatally shot by police.</p> Michael LansuMon, 27 Apr 2015 09:26:26 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/27/week-in-review-ten-shot-dead-throughout-chicago/Rashad A. AbdullahJeremy CollinsMarshawn Flemon Jr.Mechelle LewisJavante LinsonJaquille ReamsD’Montre SmithAmari R. SuttonNicole M. TownsTim TriplettMyron MasonMarshawn Flemon Jr. fatally shot on South Sidehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/20/marshawn-flemon-jr-fatally-shot-on-south-side/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/984.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marshawn-flemon-jr/">Marshawn Flemon Jr.</a> was shot to death on the South Side Monday afternoon.</p> <p>Flemon, 18, was shot in the back about in the 6000 block of South King Drive about 2:45 p.m., authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-10923"></span><br /> Flemon, of the 6800 block of South Wabash Avenue, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Nobody has been charged for the killing.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuMon, 20 Apr 2015 22:34:49 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/04/20/marshawn-flemon-jr-fatally-shot-on-south-side/Marshawn Flemon Jr.