RaeQuonn Ricks Williams | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raequonn-ricks-williams/Latest news about RaeQuonn Ricks Williamsen-usTue, 01 Nov 2016 10:57:04 -050017-year-old RaeQuonn Ricks Williams shot to death, older man wounded while driving vehicle on Near West Sidehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/11/01/19-year-old-raqkown-ricks-shot-to-death-older-man-wounded-while-driving-vehicle-on-near-west-side/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/2008.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Seventeen-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raequonn-ricks-williams/">RaeQuonn Ricks Williams</a> was fatally shot and a 40-year-old man was wounded while driving in the Near West Side neighborhood early Sunday.</p> <p>Williams and the older man were in a car at 2:59 a.m. in the 2100 block of West Jackson when someone walking on the street fired shots in their direction, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. </p> <p>The driver tried to speed away, but the vehicle struck a parked vehicle before coming to rest, police said.</p> <p>Ricks suffered several gunshot wounds to the back, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:38 a.m., authorities said. </p> <p>The older man was shot in the shoulder, and was also taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized, police said.</p> <p>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</p> Jeff MayesTue, 01 Nov 2016 10:57:04 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/11/01/19-year-old-raqkown-ricks-shot-to-death-older-man-wounded-while-driving-vehicle-on-near-west-side/RaeQuonn Ricks Williams