Raygene Jackson | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raygene-jackson/Latest news about Raygene Jacksonen-usTue, 27 Sep 2016 17:41:47 -0500After prison, Raygene Jackson was working toward a better future, but new life cut short by gun in a 'city in ruins'http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/09/27/after-prison-raygene-jackson-was-working-toward-a-better-future-but-new-life-cut-short-by-gun-in-a-city-in-ruins/<img class="wp-image-19814 size-medium" src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n-169x300.jpg" alt="13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n" width="169" height="300" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n-169x300.jpg 169w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n-500x889.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n-450x800.jpg 450w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13659089_1166433863419410_8587280314921985508_n.jpg 540w" sizes="(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Raygene Jackson | Facebook</p> <p>By TYLER HOLMES<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago</p> <p>Raygene Jackson was a repentant man with a troubled past and a promising future. After being paroled from prison last year for a crime he committed when he was 17, Jackson was determined to improve life for himself and everyone around him.</p> <p>“He made mistakes and he did the time for his mistakes. But he was sorry,” said Pamela Roberts, Jackson’s godmother. “He was a compassionate person. He was a lovely, caring person.”</p> <p>Jackson had been with his fiancée, Faydra Rhinehart, since they were teenagers and she always remained by his side. The two were working on purchasing a house and getting married, hoping to start a life that had been put on hold for 20 years.</p> <p>“When he was with me, he was the young sweet boy his mother raised,” Rhinehart remembered. “I’ve known him since I was a kid. I’ve loved him my whole life.”</p> <p>Together, they had a daughter in 1994, before she was tragically shot at age three in 1997. Rhinehart later had another daughter whom Jackson happily embraced as his own.</p> <p>“He never got the chance to raise any of his kids,” Rhinehart said. “He got locked up as a boy and came out a man. His life was changed. He said, ‘It took me a long time to do it, but I accepted God and I did change'.”<br /> <span id="more-19813"></span></p> <img class="wp-image-19816 size-medium" src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13692574_10206597701398140_4185293396866490641_n-170x300.jpg" alt="13692574_10206597701398140_4185293396866490641_n" width="170" height="300" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13692574_10206597701398140_4185293396866490641_n-170x300.jpg 170w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13692574_10206597701398140_4185293396866490641_n.jpg 272w" sizes="(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Raygene Jackson with his sister Onnie Jackson at Christmas. | Facebook</p> <p>Jackson was a man dedicated to family. He would often save money to fly to California to visit his mother, or pay for her to visit Chicago. He also assisted his brother financially so he would be able to “start fresh,” according to Dushaun Hobson, Jackson’s childhood friend.</p> <p>“He wanted something better for himself, for his daughter and for me,” Rhinehart said. “He was working hard. He brought a lot of enlightenment to my life in the past year and a half.”</p> <p>In 1995, Jackson was convicted, along with two other young men, of the murder of 14-year-old Isaac Jackson (no relation) after confusing him for a rival gang member. Jackson was originally sentenced to 46 years, but was paroled after serving 20.</p> <p>During a press conference at police headquarters on July 18, First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante referenced Jackson’s death.</p> <p>"I don't mean to victimize this victim any further, this man lost his life," Escalante said. "But our frustration is, in 1995 he was sentenced to 46 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a murder. In 1995. He was paroled last year. How and why he's on the street, I don't know. But if he was still serving his sentence, he wouldn't be a murder victim right now." </p> <p>Jackson’s family and friends were outraged by the statements. Roberts felt they were bashing him by saying he should have stayed in jail.</p> <p>“We don’t know what happened. However, what the police chief said was wrong,” Roberts said. “For the police superintendent to say that, that’s messed up. That bothered me.”</p> <img class="size-medium wp-image-19817" src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13731570_1166382973424499_3695079103443673492_n-225x300.jpg" alt="Raygene Jackson with family. | Facebook" width="225" height="300" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13731570_1166382973424499_3695079103443673492_n-225x300.jpg 225w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13731570_1166382973424499_3695079103443673492_n-500x667.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13731570_1166382973424499_3695079103443673492_n-600x800.jpg 600w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/08/13731570_1166382973424499_3695079103443673492_n.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Raygene Jackson with family | Facebook</p> <p>Following his release, Jackson wasted no time trying to get his life together. Within a week, he walked to the Secretary of State's office to get a government ID and Social Security card, according to Roberts.</p> <p>“He got a job through a temp agency within a week, where he was working 10 to 12 hours six to seven days a week,” Roberts said. “He was on the right track.”</p> <p>Jackson was shot around 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 17, in West Garfield Park, about a mile north of his home. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died eight hours later. The case remains under investigation but there are no leads as to the identity of the shooter, according to police.</p> <p>Rhinehart claims that his death was the result of being an innocent bystander “at the wrong place at the wrong time.” He had spoken to Jackson on the phone about where he was less than an hour before he was murdered.</p> <p>“No matter what his past was, he deserves justice and they’re not going to look for his murderer because of how they portrayed him,” Rhinehart said. “The things he did as a teenager are not why he got killed. I don’t appreciate it at all. It’s making me so angry.”</p> <p>Jackson spent a lot of time focusing on the future and what he wanted when he was younger, Hobson said. The two grew up together from a young age, always saying they were “like brothers.”</p> <p>“Everything he got he worked for from scratch,” Hobson said. “He got his own job. He had his own goals he wanted to accomplish when he got home, and he did it.”</p> <p>When Hobson and Jackson would run into people selling drugs on the corner who they knew from their past, the two would talk to them about turning their lives around – starting small by getting a job to make money. According to Hobson, Jackson always said, “All you can do is rise.”</p> <p>"Most of the time we were both working long days so we didn't get to hang out much," Hobson said. "We'd throw meat on the grill, drink a beer, and play some cards. He's always been there for me."</p> <p>Hobson mentioned the time he was helping Jackson repair his van and they found a young woman's ID on the sidewalk. Instead of dropping it into a nearby mailbox, Jackson decided to return it directly to the address listed, "just in case she might need it soon."</p> <p>The young woman was not home, but her grandfather was on the front porch and they talked for a while. "He didn't want fraud, or anything else he could've done," Hobson said. "He wanted to give it back.</p> <p>"He'll be remembered for his heart. He would never let anything bad happen to anybody," Hobson said. According to his family, Jackson would talk to anyone if they were in a similar situation he used to be in, because he never wanted anyone else to experience what he had endured.</p> <p>"There was always a better way than choosing to go down the wrong path," Hobson said.</p> <p>Jackson’s family is not unfamiliar with gun violence. It is a prominent issue in their neighborhood and it is the reason Jackson lost his first daughter 19 years ago, according to Rhinehart.</p> <p>“When my lease is up, I’m getting out of Chicago,” Rhinehart said. “It’s sad. This city is in ruins. I don’t see gun violence ending anytime soon – the police are focusing on the wrong problems.”</p> <p>Rhinehart is thankful she was at least able to spend the past year and a half with Jackson after not being able to see the man she loved for so long.</p> <p>According to Hobson, there is a lack of leadership. With Chicago Public Schools closing so many classrooms and access to extracurricular activitives, more kids and teenagers "need somewhere to go with something to do."</p> <p>"I want to put my family on lockdown even though I know I can't," Hobson said. "This generation from age 20 to 35 has lost its way. Back when we were growing up, we used to fight, but we'd use our hands. We'd talk it out – nobody knows how to talk anymore."</p> <p>Rhinehart elaborated on how local communities need to "learn to speak up and take responsibility for their actions." She claimed that the violence has remained the same and only grown more severe since 1997.</p> <p>"When will it end? I go to get gas and hear nothing but gunshots," Rhinehart said. "My daughter was shot in the head through our gate so I understand a parent's loss. I just hope I never have to deal with it again. Our daughter's boyfriend was shot on the same day as him [Jackson]."</p> <p>After coming home following his release, Rhinehart said Jackson took up photography to fully capture and remember every moment after missing so many. Unfortunately, he did not get to indulge in his newfound hobby often due to working so many hours to support his family.</p> <p>"I want people to say sorry for what they said about who he was 20 years ago because he had changed," Hobson said. "They should have done their research. I want them to admit they didn't take the time to understand who this man was and assassinated his character like that.</p> <p>"Tell the story right or don't tell it at all. That hurt us hard," Hobson said.</p> <p>Jackson's family collectively agreed that he will be missed most for his loyalty, sense of style, uplifting disposition and pure heart.</p> <p>“I’ll always remember that smile on his face and his compassion for his family and his friends,” Roberts said. “It wasn’t nothin’ but love. We’ll always remember him as a good guy.”</p> Tyler HolmesTue, 27 Sep 2016 17:41:47 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/09/27/after-prison-raygene-jackson-was-working-toward-a-better-future-but-new-life-cut-short-by-gun-in-a-city-in-ruins/Raygene JacksonWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 17 people killed in Chicago, capped by bloody weekend during which more than 60 shothttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/20/week-in-review-at-least-17-people-killed-in-chicago-capped-by-bloody-weekend-during-which-more-than-60-shot/<p>By JEFF MAYES<br /> Chicago Sun-Times Wire<br /> <img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING-300x194.jpg" alt="Chicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-TimesChicago Police work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times" width="300" height="194" class="size-medium wp-image-19431" srcset="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING-300x194.jpg 300w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING-768x497.jpg 768w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING-500x323.jpg 500w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING-800x517.jpg 800w, http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2016/07/CASING.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Chicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-TimesChicago Police work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times</p><br /> While protesters continued to march across the city last week in response to the killings of black men by police officers in Louisiana and Minnesota, at least 17 people died as there was no let-up in the violence in Chicago.</p> <p>The bloody week was capped by a violent weekend during which 59 people were shot, seven of them fatally. Sunday alone saw 33 people shot, five of them fatally, marking the single bloodiest day in Chicago since July 5, 2015, when 34 people were shot.</p> <ul> <li>One man was killed and another injured in a shooting Sunday night in the Austin neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 7:40 p.m. in the 500 block of North Lavergne found the men, both 20, with gunshot wounds inside an SUV about four blocks south, in the 100 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police. Police said the driver of the SUV appeared to have run away. <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/carlos-harding/">Carlos Harding</a>, of the 4900 block of West Superior, was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The other man was also taken to Stroger with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. His condition was stabilized.<br /> <span id="more-19392"></span></p> <li>An 18-year-old northwest Indiana man was killed in an Englewood neighborhood shooting Sunday morning. Officers responded at 11:25 a.m. to a shooting in the 5700 block of South Union, where <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/chureno-gatewood/">Chureno Gatewood</a> had been shot in the upper chest, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Gatewood was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. He lived in the 300 block of Madison Street in Gary, Indiana. <li>A 38-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. About 4:45 a.m., <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raygene-jackson/">Raygene Jackson</a> got into a fight with someone who then pulled a gun and shot him in the back of the head in the 4500 block of West Maypole, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Jackson was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died about eight hours later, authorities said. <li>One teenager was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side. The teens were walking in the alley about 12:50 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Ellis when a red minivan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police. A 15-year-old, identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/trevon-d-smith/">Trevon D. Smith</a>, was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner's office. The other boy, 16, suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg and was taken to a hospital in serious condition, police said. <li><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rachee-williams/">Rachee Williams</a> was found fatally shot Saturday night in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood. Officers were called about a person on the ground in the 5100 block of South Calumet about 11 p.m. and found the 23-year-old Williams lying in a vacant lot, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide. Police said a weapon was recovered at the scene. <li><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/loyd-daniel/">Loyd Daniel</a> was fatally shot Saturday night in Austin. About 8:45 p.m., the 19-year-old Daniel was driving in the 4900 block of West Augusta when shots rang out and he suffered three gunshot wounds to the shoulder and side, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died about four hours later, authorities said. <li>A drunk driver is facing several charges after his passenger was killed in a crash with a U.S. Postal Service truck early Saturday in West Garfield Park. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/jimmy-payton/">Jimmy Payton</a>, 27, was charged with reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated DUI in an accident causing death, and two counts of aggravated DUI in an accident causing bodily harm, all felonies, according to police. He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of DUI and cited for disobeying a red light. <p>The crash happened about 3:20 a.m. in the 3800 block of West Congress when Payton failed to stop his SUV at a red light and collided with the truck, police said. His passenger, 31-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/sydni-murray/">Sydni Murray</a> of Bensenville, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Both drivers were taken to Stroger Hospital, where Payton was listed in critical condition and the postal truck driver’s condition was stabilized, police said. Payton was ordered held on a $275,000 bond.</p> <li>Another 19-year-old man was shot to death Friday afternoon, also in Austin. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/bryan-cooley/">Bryan Cooley</a> was a passenger in a vehicle about 3 p.m. in the 600 block of South Cicero when another vehicle approached, and someone inside opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The driver took Cooley to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:22 p.m., authorities said. <li>Sixty-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/clarence-jones/">Clarence Jones</a> died Thursday night, more than two weeks after he was shot in Roseland, and two men are in custody for the attack. Jones was in the 11400 block of South Stewart about 2:40 p.m. June 27 when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. <p>He was shot in the back, and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died Thursday, authorities said. An autopsy showed he died of complications from a gunshot wound to the torso.</p> <p>Two men were arrested the night of the shooting, police said. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/shelby-turner/">Shelby Turner</a>, 22, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/gary-johnson/">Gary Johnson</a>, 21, were initially charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder, police said, but charges may be upgraded. Johnson is being held on $750,000, and Turner was ordered held without bond.</p> <li>A 25-year-old man was found dead early Thursday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, and an autopsy showed he had been shot in the neck. Officers responding to a call of a person down in the 3200 block of West Washington at 1:59 a.m. found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/christopher-h-roberson/">Christopher H. Roberson</a> on the sidewalk with trauma to the back of his head, according to authorities. Roberson was pronounced dead at the scene. <li>A gas station clerk was shot to death early Thursday outside a Park Manor neighborhood station. The 45-year-old man was arguing with a male about 12:40 a.m. in the Citgo parking lot in the 6600 block of South State when shots were fired, according to police. <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marwan-sadeq/">Marwan Mahmoud Sadeq</a> was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:01 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Another employee of the station said Sadeq had moved to Chicago from Yemen, and had worked at the station for about two months.</p> <li>A former Chicago resident who was living in Texas was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/anthony-thomas/">Anthony Thomas</a>, 32, was walking in the 12100 block of South Throop when someone fired at him about 8:30 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner's office. Thomas, of Orange, Texas, was shot in the face and head, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. <li><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/kenshon-ward/">Kenshon Ward</a> was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. The 21-year-old was found unresponsive at 3:44 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 64th with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<br /> An autopsy showed Ward, who lived about four blocks from the murder scene in the 6400 block of South Campbell, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <li>Two men were shot to death Tuesday night in Englewood. Officers responding about 10:50 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 6000 block of South Carpenter found one man lying in the street and another man unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a gray car, according to police. Both men had been shot in the head, and both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. <p>One of the men was identified as 34-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rodney-wayne-phillips-orr/">Rodney Wayne Phillips Orr</a> of the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to the medical examiner’s office. The second man was identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/daniel-watkins/">Daniel Watkins</a>, 28, of the 7800 block of South Eberhart. Autopsies showed both died of multiple gunshot wounds.</p> <li>A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Tuesday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 11:42 a.m. in the 10900 block of South Peoria found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/james-r-moore/">James R. Moore</a> with multiple gunshot wounds in the backyard of a home, according to authoritiers. Moore was pronounced dead at the scene. <li>A 30-year-old man died Monday, a week after he was shot in the Little Village neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/silvestre-mejia-jr/">Silvestre Mejia Jr.</a> was driving about 12:45 a.m. July 4 in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw when he was shot in the back of the head, according to police. His vehicle then crashed into two parked vehicles. Mejia was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was pronounced dead at 12:58 p.m. Monday. An autopsy Wednesday showed he died of a gunshot wound to the head. <li>A 33-year-old woman was stabbed to death Monday during a domestic-related argument in the Hyde Park neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/shameka-heard/">Shemeki Heard</a> was stabbed in the neck during an argument with a man in the 5000 block of South East End about 6:10 a.m., according to police. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she later died, according to the medical examiner’s office. <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/rickie-ford/">Rickie Ford</a>, 39, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said. He suffered lacerations to his hand and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he remains hospitalized, police said. He was ordered held on a $2 million bond.</p> Jeff MayesWed, 20 Jul 2016 15:04:50 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/20/week-in-review-at-least-17-people-killed-in-chicago-capped-by-bloody-weekend-during-which-more-than-60-shot/Bryan CooleyLoyd DanielChureno GatewoodCarlos HardingRaygene JacksonClarence JonesSilvestre Mejia Jr.James R. MooreSydni MurrayRodney Wayne Phillips OrrChristopher H. RobersonMarwan SadeqTrevon D. SmithAnthony ThomasKenshon WardDaniel WatkinsRachee WilliamsRickie FordGary JohnsonJimmy PaytonShelby TurnerWEEK IN REVIEW: Killed in Chicago violencehttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/19/week-in-review-killed-in-chicago-violence-25/<p>At least 18 people died in violence in Chicago last week.</p> <p>----</p> <p>One man was killed and another wounded in an Austin neighborhood shooting late Sunday. The men, ages 18 and 33, were at a house party about 11:50 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Jackson when shots rang out, according to Chicago Police.</p> <p>The younger man, identified as 18-year-old Aetiris Gladney, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. He lived on the same block as the shooting.</p> <p>The older man suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and right leg, and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized. He was not cooperating with investigators, police said.</p> <p>----</p> <p>One man was killed and another injured in a shooting Sunday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 7:40 p.m. in the 500 block of North Lavergne found the men, both 20, with gunshot wounds inside an SUV about four blocks south, in the 100 block of North Lavergne, according to Chicago Police. Police said the driver of the SUV appeared to have run away.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/carlos-harding/">Carlos Harding</a>, of the 4900 block of West Superior, was shot in the head and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The other man was also taken to Stroger with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. His condition was stabilized.</p> <p>----</p> <p>An 18-year-old northwest Indiana man was killed in an Englewood neighborhood shooting Sunday morning. Officers responded at 11:25 a.m. to a shooting in the 5700 block of South Union, where <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/chureno-gatewood/">Chureno Gatewood</a> had been shot in the upper chest, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Gatewood was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. He lived in the 300 block of Madison Street in Gary, Indiana.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A 38-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. About 4:45 a.m., <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raygene-jackson/">Raygene Jackson</a> got into a fight with someone who then pulled a gun and shot him in the back of the head in the 4500 block of West Maypole, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Jackson was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died about eight hours later, authorities said. No one was in custody for the shooting.</p> <p>----</p> <p>One teenager was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side. The teens were walking in the alley about 12:50 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Ellis when a red minivan pulled up and someone inside opened fire, according to police.</p> <p>A 15-year-old boy, identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/trevon-d-smith/">Trevon D. Smith</a>, was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner's office. The other boy, 16, suffered a gunshot wound to the left leg and was taken to a hospital in serious condition, police said.</p> <p>----</p> <p>Rachee Williams was found fatally shot Saturday night in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood. Officers were called about a person on the ground in the 5100 block of South Calumet about 11 p.m. and found the 23-year-old Williams lying in a vacant lot, according to police and the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Williams was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner's office. An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the head and his death was ruled a homicide. Police said a weapon was recovered at the scene.</p> <p>----</p> <p>Loyd Daniel was fatally shot Saturday night in Austin. About 8:45 p.m., the 19-year-old Daniel was driving in the 4900 block of West Augusta when shots rang out and he suffered three gunshot wounds to the shoulder and side, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died about four hours later, authorities said. </p> <p>----</p> <p>A drunk driver is facing several charges after his passenger was killed in a crash with a U.S. Postal Service truck early Saturday in West Garfield Park. Jimmy Payton, 27, was charged with reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated DUI in an accident causing death, and two counts of aggravated DUI in an accident causing bodily harm, all felonies, according to Chicago Police. He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of DUI and cited for disobeying a red light.</p> <p>The crash happened about 3:20 a.m. in the 3800 block of West Congress when Payton failed to stop his SUV at a red light and collided with the truck, police said. His passenger, 31-year-old Sydni Murray of the 600 block of North George in Bensenville, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Both drivers were taken to Stroger Hospital, where Payton was listed in critical condition and the postal truck driver’s condition was stabilized, police said. Payton, of the 2900 block of North Ridgeway, was scheduled to appear in bond court Monday.</p> <p>----</p> <p>Another 19-year-old man was shot to death Friday afternoon, also in Austin. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/bryan-cooley/">Bryan Cooley</a> was a passenger in a vehicle about 3 p.m. in the 600 block of South Cicero when another vehicle approached, and someone inside opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The driver took Cooley to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:22 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>----</p> <p>Sixty-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/clarence-jones/">Clarence Jones</a> died Thursday night, more than two weeks after he was shot in Roseland, and two men are in custody for the attack. Jones was in the 11400 block of South Stewart about 2:40 p.m. June 27 when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>He was shot in the back, and was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died Thursday, authorities said. An autopsy showed he died of complications from a gunshot wound to the torso.</p> <p>Two men were arrested the night of the shooting, police said. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/shelby-turner/">Shelby Turner</a>, 22, and <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/gary-johnson/">Gary Johnson</a>, 21, were initially charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and attempted first-degree murder, police said, but charges may be upgraded. Johnson is being held on $750,000, and Turner was ordered held without bond.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A 25-year-old man was found dead early Thursday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, and an autopsy showed he had been shot in the neck. Officers responding to a call of a person down in the 3200 block of West Washington at 1:59 a.m. found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/christopher-h-roberson/">Christopher H. Roberson</a> on the sidewalk with trauma to the back of his head, according to police and the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>Roberson, of the 7700 block of South Lowe, was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the neck, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A gas station clerk was shot to death early Thursday outside a Park Manor neighborhood station. The 45-year-old man was arguing with a male about 12:40 a.m. in the Citgo station parking lot in the 6600 block of South State when shots were fired, according to police.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/marwan-sadeq/">Marwan Mahmoud Sadeq</a> was shot in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:01 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Another employee of the station said Sadeq had moved to Chicago from Yemen, and had worked at the station for about two months.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A former Chicago resident who was living in Texas was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/anthony-thomas/">Anthony Thomas</a>, 32, was walking in the 12100 block of South Throop when someone fired at him about 8:30 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner's office. Thomas, of Orange, Texas, was shot in the face and head, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.</p> <p>----</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/kensuan-ward/">Kensuan Ward</a> was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. The 21-year-old was found unresponsive at 3:44 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 64th with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<br /> An autopsy showed Ward, who lived about four blocks from the murder scene in the 6400 block of South Campbell, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>----</p> <p>Two men were shot to death Tuesday night in Englewood. Officers responding about 10:50 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 6000 block of South Carpenter found one man lying in the street and another man unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a gray car, according to police. Both men had been shot in the head, and both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.</p> <p>One of the men was identified as 34-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rodney-wayne-phillips-orr/">Rodney Wayne Phillips Orr</a> of the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to the medical examiner’s office. The second man was identified as <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/daniel-watkins/">Daniel Watkins</a>, 28, of the 7800 block of South Eberhart. Autopsies showed both died of multiple gunshot wounds.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Tuesday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 11:42 a.m. in the 10900 block of South Peoria found <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/james-r-moore/">James R. Moore</a> with multiple gunshot wounds in the backyard of a home, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Moore was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:06 p.m.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A 30-year-old man died Monday, a week after he was shot in the Little Village neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/silvestre-mejia-jr/">Silvestre Mejia Jr.</a> was driving about 12:45 a.m. July 4 in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw when he was shot in the back of the head, according to police. His vehicle then crashed into two parked vehicles.</p> <p>Mejia was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. He was pronounced dead at 12:58 p.m. Monday. An autopsy Wednesday showed he died of a gunshot wound to the head.</p> <p>----</p> <p>A 33-year-old woman was stabbed to death Monday during a domestic-related argument in the Hyde Park neighborhood. <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/shameka-heard/">Shemeki Heard</a> was stabbed in the neck during an argument with a man in the 5000 block of South East End about 6:10 a.m., according to police. She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she later died, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/rickie-ford/">Rickie Ford</a>, 39, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said. He suffered lacerations to his hand and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he remains hospitalized, police said. He was ordered held on a $2 million bond.</p> Jeff MayesTue, 19 Jul 2016 16:00:58 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/19/week-in-review-killed-in-chicago-violence-25/Bryan CooleyLoyd DanielChureno GatewoodArtivis GladneyCarlos HardingRaygene JacksonClarence JonesSilvestre Mejia Jr.James R. MooreSydni MurrayRodney Wayne Phillips OrrChristopher H. RobersonMarwan SadeqTrevon D. SmithAnthony ThomasKenshon WardDaniel WatkinsRachee WilliamsRickie FordGary JohnsonJimmy PaytonShelby TurnerRaygene Jackson fatally shot while fighting with another man in West Garfield Parkhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/18/raygene-jackson-fatally-shot-while-fighting-with-another-man-in-west-garfield-park/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/1734.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/raygene-jackson/">Raygene Jackson</a> was fatally shot Sunday morning during a fight in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.</p> <p>About 4:45 a.m., the 38-year-old Jackson got into a fight with someone who pulled out a gun and shot him in the back of the head in the 4500 block of West Maypole, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>A family member said the fight started over a dice game.</p> <p>Jackson was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 1:07 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the 1200 block of South Kildare.</p> <p>No one was in custody as of Monday morning. </p> <p><em>--Chicago Sun-Times Wire</em></p> Jeff MayesMon, 18 Jul 2016 10:36:56 -0500http://homicides.suntimes.com/2016/07/18/raygene-jackson-fatally-shot-while-fighting-with-another-man-in-west-garfield-park/Raygene Jackson