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Man charged with New Year’s Day murder of Roderick Snowden which started with confrontation over woman

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:18:13 -0500

By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

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A man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Roderick Snowden on New Year’s Day in Englewood, a confrontation that started over a woman stealing from him.

Deandre Johnson, 29, has been charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting 32-year-old Roderick Snowden in the 6100 block of South Sangamon, according to court records and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Johnson was dating a woman he met through Snowden, and she moved in with him about a month before the shooting occurred, prosecutors said. After an argument sometime between Christmas and New Year’s Day, the woman stole drugs, cash and a gun from Johnson’s house before moving out.

The woman told a friend about the theft, and that friend later told Johnson and Snowden about it, according to court documents. During a phone conversation with the woman’s friend, Johnson threatened both the friend and Snowden, believing the woman and Snowden had conspired to steal from him.

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Snowden arrived at the home of Johnson’s cousin about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 1, prosecutors said. Johnson, his cousin and several other people were there at the time. Snowden left about 9 p.m., around the same time Johnson and a “co-offender” left in a separate car.

Snowden received a call from Johnson’s cellphone at 9:26 p.m., prosecutors said. He drove to the 6100 block of South Sangamon and parked at 9:32 p.m. Johnson drove up a short time later in a light blue Saturn Ion and parked in front of Snowden’s car.

Johnson walked up to the car, briefly talked to Snowden, then walked away, according to prosecutors. He came back about three minutes later and fired into the car as he walked past the driver’s-side window, striking Snowden 11 times.

Snowden suffered two gunshot wounds to the cheek, two to the neck, one to the ear, three to the arm, and one to the chest; and graze wounds to the head and upper arm, according to court documents.

Johnson then drove away, prosecutors said. But he returned to the scene twice within 20 minutes of the shooting before police arrived. The second time, he stopped next to Snowden’s car and someone got out and walked over to the driver’s window of Snowden’s car.

Johnson drove off and came back two minutes later to pick that person up, according to court records.

Police arrived at 10:10 p.m. to find Snowden unresponsive in the car, prosecutors said. Snowden, who lived in the 1200 block of Wadsworth Avenue in North Chicago, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m., authorities said.

Johnson was arrested Jan. 27 for an armed robbery in which the same light blue Saturn Ion was used, prosecutors said. He was on parole and under electronic monitoring at the time of the shooting.

Illinois Department of Corrections records showed he had unauthorized movement and was outside of the range of the monitoring system when the shooting occurred, prosecutors said.

Cook County Circuit Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Johnson held without bond Friday.

WEEK IN REVIEW: At least five people killed in gun violence, including 16-year-old, during New Year's week in Chicago

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:00:46 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

The first homicide of 2016 in Chicago happened in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood about 2:20 a.m. on New Years Day, claiming the life of a 24-year-old man, one of at least five people to die in gun violence last week.

In that first reported homicide of the year, Deandre Holiday, 24, got into a fight with someone in the 4600 block of South St. Lawrence and that person pulled a gun and fired shots at 2:20 a.m. Friday, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The shooter then ran away.

Holiday, of the 5100 block of South Indiana, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

A second person, a 38-year-old man, was also struck by the gunfire and later showed up at Provident Hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand, police said. He was listed in good condition.

A 16-year-old boy died about seven hours after he was shot Saturday in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.

At 4:47 p.m., Antwan McBee was in a car in the 6300 block of South Stony Island Avenue when another car pulled up and someone inside fired shots, according to the police and medical examiner’s office.

McBee, of the 4800 block of South Prairie Avenue, was shot in the head and shoulder, and took himself to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died just before midnight, authorities said.

A man was shot to death in Englewood on Friday night. About 9:40 p.m., 32-year-old Roderick Snowden was sitting in a vehicle parked in the 6100 block of South Sangamon when a dark-colored car pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, police and the medical examiner’s office said.

Snowden, who lived in the 1200 block of Wadsworth Avenue in North Chicago, was shot repeatedly and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died, authorities said.

Another man died after he was shot on New Year's Day in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Donzell M. Davis, 36, was shot in the chest in the 1900 block of West Garfield at 6:40 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner's office.

Davis was driven to 55th Street and Artesian before he was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 40 minutes later. An autopsy found he died of a gunshot wound to the back.

A 23-year-old man was shot to death late Tuesday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. Xavier Thornton was getting out of a vehicle in the 9000 block of South Greenwood at 9:03 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner's office.

That's when the driver fired shots at him before driving away, according to police. Thornton, who lived on the same block as the shooting, was struck in the chest and head, and was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, where he died about 90 minutes later, authorities said.

Roderick Snowden fatally shot in vehicle in Englewood

Jeff Mayes — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 09:36:39 -0600

Roderick Snowden was shot to death Friday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

About 9:40 p.m., the 32-year-old Snowden was sitting in a vehicle parked in the 6100 block of South Sangamon when a dark-colored car pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Snowden, who lived in the 1200 block of Wadsworth Avenue in North Chicago, was shot repeatedly and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died, authorities said.

--Chicago Sun-Times Wire