Mensa Kifle | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mensa-kifle/Latest news about Mensa Kifleen-usTue, 04 Mar 2014 16:01:26 -0600Comment of the Day: "Chicago please put the guns down"http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/03/04/comment-of-the-day-chicago-please-put-the-guns-down/<p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mensa-kifle/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Mensa Kifle</a> was shot to death in December 2013 in the Edgewater neighborhood. Reader "Chye Boye" wrote this about the killing:</p> <blockquote><p>"another mother has to bury her child...chicago please put the guns down"</p></blockquote> Chase DiFeliciantonioTue, 04 Mar 2014 16:01:26 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/03/04/comment-of-the-day-chicago-please-put-the-guns-down/Mensa KifleWEEK IN REVIEW: 5 shot to death, girl mauled by dog died of child abusehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/09/week-in-review-5-shot-to-deah-girl-mauled-by-dog-died-of-child-abuse/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Five people were shot to death throughout the city last week, and a 2-year-old girl was killed by a dog in a death ruled a homicide by child abuse. </p> <p>Chicago also went four days without a murder last week, the longest period without a murder since Nov. 7 through Nov. 10.</p> <p>The most recent shooting happened when <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/demarco-lyons/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Demarco Lyons</a>, 22, was shot to death on a sidewalk in the 300 block of West 60th Place about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-3164"></span><br /> An unidentified gunman approached Lyons and shot him once in the chest, authorities said. The shooter fled in a gray four-door vehicle, police said.</p> <p>Lyons, of the 6000 block of South Princeton Avenue, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Police said Lyons was a parolee with gang affiliations.</p> <p>In the Austin neighborhood, 26-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rafael-robinson/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Rafael Robinson</a> was shot in his chest and side in the 5600 block of West Bloomingdale Avenue about 1:35 a.m., authorities said. </p> <p>Robinson, of the 1300 block of South Tripp Avenue, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 2:07 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Tuesday, officers responding to a call of shots fired found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mason-smith/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Mason Smith</a> lying on a sidewalk near his home in the 11600 block of South Bishop Street about 9:25 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Smith, 22, was shot in the head and declared dead at the scene, authorities said.</p> <p>On Monday, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jeremy-bafunsho/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Jeremy Bafunsho</a> was in the driver’s seat of a car in the 11300 block of South Edbrooke Avenue when he got into an altercation with a passenger about 5:15 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>The passenger shot Bafunsho, 19, in the abdomen area, authorities said. The gunman exited the vehicle, fired another shot at Bafunsho and fled.</p> <p>Bafunsho was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he later died.</p> <p>The killings started when <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mensa-kifle/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Mensa Kifle</a> was shot dead in a Monday morning shooting in the Edgewater neighborhood that left another man seriously wounded.</p> <p>Kifle was shot about 10:35 a.m. Monday in the 1100 block of West Glenlake Avenue, authorities said.</p> <p>Kifle, of the 6000 block of North Albany Avenue, was shot in the shoulder and right hip and pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston at 11:27 a.m Monday., authorities said.</p> <p>A 24-year-old man was also wounded and taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being shot in both legs, police said.</p> <p>Additionally, 2-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jahniyah-white/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Jah'niyah White</a> died Saturday after she was left unattended by her grandfather at his South Side home and was mauled to death during a dog attack, an autopsy determined.</p> <p>The girl died at Jackson Park Hospital Saturday afternoon after suffering a head injury at her maternal grandfather’s home in the 3300 block of the East 91st Street, authorities said.</p> <p>An autopsy conducted Sunday found the girl had been neglected and died as a result of injuries suffered during the dog attack, an official at the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Her death was ruled a homicide.</p> <p>No charges have been filed as of Monday morning.</p> Michael LansuMon, 09 Dec 2013 09:05:49 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/09/week-in-review-5-shot-to-deah-girl-mauled-by-dog-died-of-child-abuse/Jeremy BafunshoMensa KifleDemarco LyonsRafael RobinsonMason SmithJah’niyah WhiteMensa Kifle killed in Edgewater shootinghttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/03/mensa-kifle-killed-in-edgewater-shooting/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/400.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/mensa-kifle/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://homicides.suntimes.com']);">Mensa Kifle</a> was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a Monday morning shooting in the Edgewater neighborhood that prompted nearby Loyola University to issue a campus alert.</p> <p>Kifle was shot about 10:35 a.m. in the 1100 block of West Glenlake Avenue, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-3129"></span><br /> <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/fundrazr-platform/campaigns/5fe1562c5a3c4b4a9e21f3a3a4ca2fa7.jpg" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://s3.amazonaws.com']);"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/fundrazr-platform/campaigns/5fe1562c5a3c4b4a9e21f3a3a4ca2fa7.jpg" width="640" height="360" class /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mensa Kifle</p><br /> Kifle, of the 6000 block of North Albany Avenue, was shot in the shoulder and right hip and pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston at 11:27 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>A 24-year-old man was also wounded and taken in serious condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being shot in both legs, police said.</p> <p>"King Shabazz" and "Eden" posted the following about Kifle on Twitter Tuesday:</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>It&#39;s weird when someone u grew up gets their life cut short like this <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ripmensa&amp;src=hash" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://twitter.com']);">#Ripmensa</a> again</p> <p>&mdash; King Shabazz (@KingShabazz_) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingShabazz_/statuses/407892456143740929" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://twitter.com']);">December 3, 2013</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nothing worse than waking up choking on tears &amp; realizing it wasn&#39;t just a bad dream. RIP Mensa</p> <p>&mdash; Eden (@EduShikor) <a href="https://twitter.com/EduShikor/statuses/407850430279200768" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://twitter.com']);">December 3, 2013</a></p></blockquote> <p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p>The shooting led Loyola University to issue a campus alert, which noted nobody from the nearby school was involved.</p> <p>Area North detectives are investigating.</p> <p>-Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuTue, 03 Dec 2013 09:02:59 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/03/mensa-kifle-killed-in-edgewater-shooting/Mensa Kifle