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Comment of the Day: "He was a good man he was a good husband to his [wife]"

Michael Lansu — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:30:41 -0600

Randy James, 39, was fatally shot Jan. 3 in the Austin community. Reader "angelique" posted this about him:

I knew this man he was a good man he was a good husband to his wifey i really hate that this happen to james my prayer goes out to his family u will b never forgotten

WEEK IN REVIEW: Two shot dead on West, South Side

Michael Lansu — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 08:55:41 -0600

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Two men were shot to death in Chicago last week in the final killing of 2014 and the first slaying in the new year.

The most recent killing happened when 39-year-old Randy James was shot in the 5000 block of West Superior Street about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

James, of the 4600 block of West Adams Street, died later that morning at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the medical examiner's office.

The slaying was the first in Chicago in 2015.

The killing started when 33-year-old Reginald Jones was shot at a tire shop in the 8000 block of South Stony Island Avenue about 2:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, authorities said.

Jones, of the 8800 block of South Cornell Avenue, died less than an hour later at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Jones had been self-employed as a tow truck driver for around eight years and worked all the hours he could, even going out late to give a a stranded motorist a tow on Christmas Day, his sister Brandy Jones said.

Nobody has been charged for either murder.

Randy James, 39, killed in Austin shooting

Michael Lansu — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:07:56 -0600

Randy James was fatally shot in the Austin neighborhood early Saturday in the city's first slaying of 2015.

James, 39, was standing on a sidewalk in the 5000 block of West Superior Street when he was shot in the abdomen area about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

James, of the 4600 block of West Adams Street, took himself to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, which later transferred him to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died about 5:50 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire