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Kinton Jones charged with 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Wright in argument over car

Jeff Mayes — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:56:24 -0500

By JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A man has been charged with killing Michael Wright just over a year ago in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side.

Kinton Jones | Chicago Police

Kinton Jones, 22, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting on Sept. 10, 2014, according to Chicago Police.

Jones was driving in the 9300 block of South Greenwood about 10:35 a.m. and pulled alongside the 21-year-old Wright’s car, according to prosecutors.

Jones confronted Wright about telling people what kind of car he drove, prosecutors said. Wright denied knowing anything about it, and Jones pulled a gun from the center console of his car and fired at Wright.

Wright was struck multiple times in the chest, tried to drive away, but crashed about a block away, prosecutors said.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Prosecutors said Jones was identified as the shooter after his car was caught on a speed camera in the area of the murder before the shooting, and cellphone towers showed his phone was in the area.

Jones is also facing an unrelated charge of unlawful use of a weapon by a felon for an incident on Sept. 13, 2014, three days after the murder. He has previously been charged with residential burglary, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Judge Donald Panarese ordered Jones held on a $1.5 million bond Wednesday.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Seven killed in Chicago shootings

Michael Lansu — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:46:02 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Seven people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.

Two of the fatal shootings happened over the weekend, when at least 14 other people were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent killing happened when 28-year-old Charles Labon was fatally shot while walking in the 4100 block of West 16th Street about 1:50 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Labon, of the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue, was shot in the chest and later died at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.

On Saturday, 17-year-old Michael Bloodson Jr. was shot in the head in the 3900 block of South Prairie Avenue just before 3 p.m., authorities said.

Bloodson, of the 4600 block of South Drexel Avenue, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

On Thursday, 19-year-old Glenford S. Johnson was shot about 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of West Juneway Terrace, authorities said.

Johnson, of the 1500 block of East 62nd Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Wednesday, 21-year-old Michael Wright was driving in the 9300 block of South Greenwood Avenue when someone in a gray car pulled alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 10:35 a.m., authorities said.

Wright was struck multiple times in the chest, then crashed about two blocks away in the 9100 block of South Greenwood Avenue, authorities said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner’s office.

In the Portage Park community, 31-year-old Gabriel Menses was driving in the 5200 block of West Waveland Avenue when a blue SUV pulled alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 1 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Menses, of the 4600 block of North Sayre Avenue in Norridge, was shot in the back and parked the car, authorities said. He died on the scene.

On Monday, 32-year-old Terry Cook was shot multiple times in the 5400 block of South Laflin Street in the Back of the Yards community about 3 p.m., authorities said.

Cook, of the 1400 block of West Garfield Boulevard, died later that day at Stroger Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.

The killings started when 54-year-old Malcolm Warnsby was shot in the back in the 1100 block of North Harding Avenue in the Humboldt Park community about 3:25 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

Warnsby, of the 1300 block of North Kildare Avenue, died about three hours later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Additionally, 20-year-old Martell Robinson, of the 300 block of West 35th Street in Steger, died Monday morning from injuries suffered when he was shot in the head in an alley in the 9700 block of South Forest Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood Saturday morning.

Nobody has been charged for any of the murders.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 301 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 12 people killed by police.

Chicago Police, which counts murders different, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.

Michael Wright fatally shot in Burnside community

Michael Lansu — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:29:15 -0500

Michael Wright died after being shot in the chest and crashing the vehicle he was driving Wednesday morning in the Burnside neighborhood.

Wright, 21, was driving in the 9300 block of South Greenwood Avenue when someone in a gray car pulled alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 10:35 a.m., authorities said.

Wright was struck multiple times in the chest, then crashed about two blocks away in the 9100 block of South Greenwood Avenue, authorities said.

He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy confirmed Wright died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

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