Rayvon Little | Homicide Watch Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rayvon-little/Latest news about Rayvon Littleen-usThu, 05 Feb 2015 13:10:42 -0600Family: Slain Rayvon Little enjoyed basketball, readinghttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/02/05/family-slain-rayvon-little-enjoyed-basketball-reading/<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='500' height='312' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/DxvwQI2vB7U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'></iframe></span></p> <p>BY EMILY BROSIOUS<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago</p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rayvon-little/">Rayvon Little</a> left his Minnesota home as a teenager to come live with his grandmother in Englewood, family said.</p> <p>Christine Little said her grandson was a quiet young man who often spent his time at home reading or watching Christian television with her.</p> <p>Christine Little said she was close to her grandson, and when she recently encouraged him to go visit his family in Minnesota he requested she accompany him.</p> <p>Rayvon Little, 20, never got the chance to return to Minnesota because he was fatally shot Nov. 1, 2014, in the 6700 block of South Morgan Street.<br /> <span id="more-9935"></span><br /> Authorities said Little was outside when somebody in a passing group opened fire. Little was shot multiple times and died about an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Another man, 19, was shot in the leg but survived.</p> <p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/797.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>Rayvon Little, who attended a local alternative high school, enjoyed riding his bicycle through the neighborhood and playing basketball and football at local parks, his grandmother said.</p> <p>At home, Rayvon Little would "read for hours" and wanted to become a teacher, his grandmother said.</p> <p>Family friend Kendall Richardson said Rayvon Little wanted to earn his GED because "he saw what was going on around in the streets."</p> <p>"He wanted to better himself, but I guess it was too little too late," said Richardson, who added "it can happen to anybody [in this neighborhood]".<img src="http://wordpress.homicidewatch.org/chicago/files/2015/02/RayvonLittle.jpg" alt="Rayvon Little / Photo from Facebook" width="225" height="300" class="size-full wp-image-9958" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Rayvon Little / Photo from Facebook</p></p> <p>Christine Little said her grandson was out when the gunfire erupted, but she never thought it was him who was shot.</p> <p>Immediately after the shooting, Christine Little said she went to the front windows, but she was unable to get a good look because the windows were being replaced and were covered with plastic.</p> <p>"I didn't think it was my baby," Christine Little said. "I went to the window and peeped underneath [the plastic] and saw a guy running."</p> <p>Christine Little said nobody knocked on her door to tell her it was her grandson who was killed until after police left.</p> <p>"I was shocked that this happened, especially with him," Davis said. "He was so quiet and low key. I couldn’t imagine anyone wanting to do something that terrible to him."</p> <p>Nobody has been charged for the murder. Area South detectives are investigating.</p> Michael LansuThu, 05 Feb 2015 13:10:42 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2015/02/05/family-slain-rayvon-little-enjoyed-basketball-reading/Rayvon LittleWEEK IN REVIEW: Nine murdered throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/03/week-in-review-nine-murdered-throughout-chicago-2/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Nine people were killed by violence last week throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>Three of the victims were shot to death over the weekend, when at least 14 other people were wounded by gunfire.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when a 29-year-old man was shot in the face as he sat in the passenger's side of a vehicle in the 1500 block of West 72nd Place in the West Englewood neighborhood, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office has not yet released his name.<br /> <span id="more-8835"></span><br /> On Saturday, 20-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rayvon-little/">Rayvon Little</a> was shot multiple times while standing in the 6700 block of South Morgan Street in Englewood about 7 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Little, who lived on the block, died just over an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the medical examiner’s office. A 19-year-old man standing next to Little was wounded but survived, authorities said.</p> <p>The 19-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said.</p> <p>On Friday, 41-year-old Chinese restaurant employee <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/chang-z-qui/">Chang Z. Qui</a> was shot about 7:10 p.m. Friday during an attempted robbery at the eatery in the 5200 block of West Madison Street, authorities said.</p> <p>Qui, of the 3200 block of West Wallace Street, died about an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Wednesday, 41-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/pierre-peters/">Pierre Peters</a> was fatally shot inside his home in the 0 - 100 block of North Lorel Avenue in the Austin neighborhood about 2:35 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>On Tuesday, 48-year-old parolee <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/christian-williams/">Christian Williams</a> fatally stabbed 53-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/thomas-sanchez/">Thomas Sanchez</a> inside a home in the 600 block of East 111th Street, prosecutors said.</p> <p>Police were called to the home Wednesday and Sanchez, of the 11200 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, was declared dead at the scene, authorities said.</p> <p>Prosecutors said Williams, who was free on parole for a 1993 murder, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/01/update-man-on-parole-for-1993-murder-held-without-bond-in-pullman-stabbing-death/">was renting a room in the home when he let Sanchez inside and stabbed him to death</a>.</p> <p>On Monday, 25-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/bobby-moore/">Bobby Moore</a> was shot in the chest and neck in the 8300 block of South Kingston Avenue in the South Chicago neighborhood about 7:40 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Moore, of the 7300 block of South Oglesby Avenue, died about an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In the Chatham neighborhood, 34-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/darryl-owens-jr/">Darryl Owens Jr</a>. was walking in the 800 block of East 87th Street when a gunman emerged from a gangway and shot him multiple times about 5:35 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Owens, of the 7300 block of North Damen Avenue, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 11:50 p.m. Monday, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In the Humboldt Park community, 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/owen-c-spears/">Owen C. Spears</a> was shot several times in the 700 block of North Trumbull Avenue area about 4:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Spears, of the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>The killings started when 22-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/oduro-yeboah/">Oduro Yeboah</a> was shot while driving in the 4700 block of North Clarendon Avenue about noon Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Yeboah, of the 800 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue, was shot in the head, crashed the car and died the next day at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the medical examiner's office. Another person was wounded but survived, police said.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 367 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 14 people killed by police.</p> <p>Chicago Police, <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/12/30/homicides-why-do-chicago-police-and-the-medical-examiners-office-report-different-totals/">which counts murders different by following federal guidelines</a>, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.</p> Michael LansuMon, 03 Nov 2014 10:26:29 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/03/week-in-review-nine-murdered-throughout-chicago-2/Rayvon LittleBobby MooreDarryl Owens Jr.Pierre PetersChang Z. QuiThomas SanchezOwen C. SpearsOduro YeboahChristian WilliamsRayvon Little killed in Englewood shootinghttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/02/rayvon-little-killed-in-englewood-shooting/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/797.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/rayvon-little/">Rayvon Little</a> was killed in an Englewood neighborhood shooting that also left another man wounded Saturday night.</p> <p>Little, 20, was standing in the 6700 block of South Morgan Street with a 19-year-old man when a group walked past and somebody opened fire about 7 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-8831"></span><br /> Little, who lived on the block, was shot in the abdomen area and leg, authorities said. He died just over an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.</p> <p>The 19-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said.</p> <p>Nobody has been charged for the murder.</p> <p>Area South detectives are investigating.</p> <p>-- Sun-Times Media Wire</p> Michael LansuSun, 02 Nov 2014 20:26:55 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/02/rayvon-little-killed-in-englewood-shooting/Rayvon Little