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WEEK IN REVIEW: 13 killed in violence, including two accidental shootings

Jeff Mayes — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 09:57:24 -0600

At least 13 people died from violence the week of October 23-29 in Chicago. The victims included 10 people who where fatally shot, including two who police said were killed in "accidental" shootings.

The homicides considered accidental by police were the shootings of a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman, police said.

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The girl, identified as Eshani Mayfield, died less than 30 minutes after an acquaintance was handling a gun and it accidentally discharged, stirking Mayfield in the eye Sunday evening in Woodlawn, police said.

Three people have been charged in connection with the shooting that killed the Amundsen High School cheerleader. Joshua Baker, 19, who lives on the same block, was charged with one felony count of obstruction of justice for destroying evidence from the shooting, according to Chicago Police. Baker was released on his own recognizance.

A 16-year-old girl, whose identity was not released, was charged as a juvenile with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. SHe is the one who was allegedly holding the gun when it went off. A 17-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with obstructing justice and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according to prosecutors. Both teens were ordered held in custody until their next hearing Dec. 1, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

A 21-year-old woman also died of an accidental gunshot in the Portage Park neighborhood, police said.

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About 10 p.m. Saturday night, 21-year-old Nadia Manjarrez and a 37-year-old man were inside a home in the 4800 block of West Hutchinson when the gun went off, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.

Manjarrez, who lived in the neighborhood, was shot in the head and was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Manjarrez was a 2014 graduate of Round Lake High School. An autopsy did not rule on her cause and manner of death, with results pending further investigation, the medical examiner’s office said.

The gun was recovered and the man, whom friends said was Manjarrez’ boyfriend, was initially detained for questioning, police said. He was later released without charges as Area North detectives continue to investigate.

Other homicides last week included:

Two men were shot to death Friday morning in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. Just after 10 a.m., the victims were in a vehicle in the 3400 block of West Augusta, according to police. A person walked up to the vehicle and engaged them in conversation, then started firing shots. Kenta Ali Holifield, 39, was shot multiple times in the chest and head, and was found inside the vehicle, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Holifield, an Indianapolis resident, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Lonnie Hartman, 31, was shot multiple times and was found in the street, police said. Hartman, a West Side Austin neighborhood resident, was taken to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Autopsies found both men died of multiple gunshot wounds.

A man was fatally stabbed by another man Friday morning at their shared home in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. About 5 a.m., Robert Gant, 53, was arguing with his 52-year-old roommate in the 100 block of West 115th Street when the younger man stabbed him multiple times, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Gant was pronounced dead at the scene. Jerome Flagg was later charged with murder and ordered held without bond. Gant was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 15-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy seriously wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. They were struck when shots were fired at 3:36 p.m. in the 2500 block of West 45th Street, according to police. The two boys ran away after the shooting, and the number of shooters was unknown. The 15-year-old, identified as Jeyson Gonzalez of West Englewood, was shot in the side and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died. The 14-year-old was shot in the lower back and was taken in serious condition to Stroger.
A 46-year-old man was shot to death Thursday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About 10:25 a.m., Jose Saraseume was standing outside in the 2500 block of North Lockwood when someone in a black hoodie walked up and fired two shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Saraseume was shot in the head and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead. He lived on the same block where he was shot.
A 40-year-old man was fatally shot early Thursday in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood on the South Side. About 2:10 a.m., Darnell Mitchell was standing in an alley in the 9600 block of South Euclid when someone approached and fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Mitchell, who lived on the same block, suffered three gunshot wounds to the torso, one to the head and one to the buttocks, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 19-year-old man was killed in a Washington Park neighborhood drive-by shooting Wednesday afternoon on the South Side. Tremell L. Stornes Jr. was standing outside about 2:45 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Cottage Grove when a silver or gray car drove by and someone inside fired shots, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Stornes was shot in the head and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He lived about a block from where he was shot.
An attempted robbery Tuesday night in the South Side Englewood neighborhood led to an exchange of gunfire that left one the suspected robbers dead and another man wounded, according to police. About 8 p.m., a 22-year-old man and two other people were in the rear of a building in the 1500 block of West 71st Street when they were approached by two suspects, according to police. They tried to rob the group, and shots were fired. The 23-year-old alleged suspect, identified as Robert Ward, was shot on the left side of his body, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Family members disputed the claim that Ward tried to rob someone, saying he was in his aunt's backyard when someone ran up and shot him. Ward was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. He lived on the same block where the shooting happened. The 22-year-old was shot in the leg and his condition has stabilized.
A 53-year-old man died Tuesday, nearly two years after he was wounded in a shooting at a South Deering neighborhood bar on the Far South Side. At 11:19 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2015, Alfredo Hernandez and a 47-year-old man were at Frank's Tap & Grill in the 9600 block of South Commercial, according to police and the medical examiner's office. A man with a gun came into the bar and fired several shots. Hernandez was struck in the abdomen, underarm and back; and the 47-year-old was shot in the right side of the abdomen. Hernandez was taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after the shooting, and the other victim was taken to Trinity Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Hernandez, of South Chicago, died Tuesday at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. An autopsy Thursday found he died of delayed complications from the gunshot wound to the torso. No arrests were ever made in the shooting.
A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Monday afternoon in South Chicago. Johnson Liggins Jr.was walking outside near East 80th and Coles about 2:35 p.m. when two people walked past and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Liggins was shot in the head and chest, and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
A 19-year-old woman who was shot multiple times during a Roseland neighborhood home invasion and shooting that killed four other people last year died Monday. Shakeyah Jackson died at 6:54 p.m. Monday at Oaklawn Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She had been in a coma since the shooting. The home invasion was a botched robbery of a drug dealer that happened Dec. 17, 2016 in the 100 block of West 105th Street, prosecutors said earlier this year. Lionel Parks, 29, visited Elijah Jackson's home twice that day, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, prosecutors said. When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside. They ordered the occupants to lay facedown on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs. Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed Elijah Jackson; his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora's 19-year-old daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines; and 46-year-old Scott Travis Thompson, according to prosecutors. Thompson's 22-year-old nephew survived by playing dead as he lay on the floor beside his uncle. Parks remains held without bond at the Cook County Jail.

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Shakeyah Jackson dies 10 months after being wounded in mass shooting that left four others dead in Roseland

David Struett — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:36:54 -0500

19-year-old Shakeyah Jackson died Monday, more than 10 months after she was shot multiple times during a Roseland neighborhood home invasion and shooting that killed four other people last year.

Lionel Parks | Chicago Police

Jackson died at 6:54 p.m. Monday at Oaklawn Respiratory and Rehabilitation Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. She had been in a coma since the shooting.

The home invasion was a botched robbery of a drug dealer that happened Dec. 17, 2016, in the 100 block of West 105th Street, prosecutors said earlier this year.

Lionel Parks, 29, visited Elijah Jackson's home twice that day, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, prosecutors said.

Emergency crews surround a home in Roseland where four people were killed at 105th and LaSalle in December 2016. | Sam Charles/Sun-Times

When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside. They ordered the occupants to lay facedown on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs, prosecutors said.

Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed Elijah Jackson; his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora's 19-year-old daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines; and 46-year-old Scott Travis Thompson, according to prosecutors.

Thompson's 22-year-old nephew survived by playing dead as he lay on the floor beside his uncle. Parks remains held without bond at the Cook County Jail.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Man charged with executing four, leaving fifth in coma during botched robbery at drug house on Far South Side

Jeff Mayes — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:47:35 -0500

By ANDY GRIMM
Chicago Sun-Times

Lionel Parks | Chicago Police

A survivor of a brutal Far South Side home invasion that left Elijah Jackson, his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora’s 19-year-old daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines; and Scott Travis Thompson dead told investigators he listened to one of the victims beg for his life, prosecutors said Thursday.

Lionel Parks and a second man killed the four and wounded two others in a botched robbery of a drug dealer on Dec. 17, prosecutors said during a hearing Wednesday at Cook County Criminal Court. Parks was ordered held without bond on four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Parks, 29, had visited Elijah Jackson’s home in the 100 block of West 105th Street twice on Dec. 17, chatting with Jackson and smoking marijuana with him, Assistant State’s Attorney Ed Murillo said.

When he returned a third time that day, Parks and an unnamed friend were armed with handguns and forced their way inside the house. The pair ordered the occupants to lay face down on the floor as they ransacked the house for guns and drugs.

Before leaving, Parks and the second gunman executed the four. Elijah Jackson’s 18-year-old niece also suffered multiple gunshot wounds and remains in a coma, Murillo said.

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But Thompson’s 22-year-old nephew survived, playing dead as he lay on the floor beside his uncle. The nephew listened as Elijah Jackson pleaded with Parks, whom he had introduced earlier by the nickname “Froggy,” Murillo said.

“Froggy, don’t do this to me! Don’t hurt my family! You don’t have to do this, Froggy,” Murillo said, reading from a court document.

The nephew said Jackson and the other gunman had demanded cash and drugs, and ordered the residents to take off their clothes and hand over any cash or phones. When they found Hines in a bedroom at the rear of the house with a cellphone, Murillo said, Parks and the other man became “agitated.”

Thompson’s nephew, laying on the floor, listened as the men began shooting the people next to him. The 22-year-old played dead, then climbed out a window after Parks and the other man left. Wearing only his socks and shorts, the nephew shouted to neighbors to call police.

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Police arrived to find Hines, Thompson, and Elijah Jackson dead, with gunshot wounds to the back of their heads. Shacora Jackson, who was pregnant, lay dead at the bottom of the front steps of the house. Shacora’s 18-year-old daughter suffered gunshot wounds to the head, hand and thigh that have left her in a coma since the attack, Murillo said.

Parks, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and sweat pants, scowled as he was led before Judge James Brown for a bond hearing Monday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. He stood, impassive, as Murillo read an account of the killings.

After the hearing, Elijah and Shacora Jackson’s brother, Gershon, said it was painful to hear the story of their loved ones’ final moments.

“It was very difficult, it takes you back to that space,” Gershon Jackson said, standing beside a half-dozen relatives. “To hear your family suffer like that. It’s very uncomfortable ... very hurtful for my family, but today is the first step of bringing closure. ... We have to put our faith in the judicial system.”

Nateyah Yafah Hines | Facebook

Parks had been on parole and was wearing a state Department of Corrections ankle monitor at the time of the shootings. DOC records showed Parks had left the address he had listed as his residence four times on Dec. 17, including during the hours when the shootings took place.

Parks had listed his address at a house a few blocks away, where police recovered 9mm shells that were the same brand as those used in the killings. Parks’ cellphone also showed he was near the Jacksons’ house when the shooting occurred.

Surveillance cameras showed him leaving his house shortly before the murders, and returning shortly afterward, walking with another person and carrying a large bag, Murillo said. Another camera showed what appears to be Parks’ vehicle driving near the Jacksons’ house before and after the killings.

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WEEK IN REVIEW: 15 people killed in Chicago, including 4 during robbery at what cops called a Far South Side drug house

Jeff Mayes — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:50:31 -0600

By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

At least 15 people were killed in Chicago last week, including four who were slain in what police called a robbery or home invasion as a home where drugs were being sold on the Far South Side.

The Fernwood massacre occurred Saturday at what Chicago Police called “dope house” in the 100 block of West 105th Street. However, it wasn’t clear exactly when the shootings happened.

Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. to the home and found Elijah Jackson, 36; Shacora Jackson, 40; and Nateyah Yafah Hines, 19, dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived in the house. A fourth person, 45-year-old Scott Travis Thompson of southwest suburban Romeoville was also found dead.

Shacora Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while the otherss each suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to the medical examiner’s office. A fifth victim, an 18-year-old woman found outside with at least one gunshot wound, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she remained in critical condition. A 2-year-old boy was unharmed and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital for observation.

The week's killings pushed the city total to more than 750 for 2016.

The week's last homicide occurred Sunday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Joel Planas, 34, was involved in a fight with another man at 12:52 a.m. in the 3100 block of West Irving Park Road when the person he was fighting pulled a gun and fired, striking him in the abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Planas was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was died about 5 hours later, police said.
A southwest suburban man was shot to death Friday night in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Just after 10 p.m., 28-year-old Crispin Coliz Jr. got into an argument with two men inside a convenience store, authorities said.

When Coliz got into a vehicle and started driving away, the two others followed in a light-colored SUV, pulled alongside him in the 7200 block of West Grace, and opened fire, hitting him in the side of the head. Coliz, who lived in Cherry Hill, was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead.
Michael Newell was shot and killed during a robbery Friday night in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. At 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots fired and found the 52-year-old shot in a parked car in the 5100 block of South Long, authorities said. He had was getting into his car when someone walked up and pulled a gun, police said. When Newell tried to drive away, he was shot in the head and then crashed his car into another parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood. A 47-year-old man, an 18-year-old man and two 17-year-old boys were walking down the street at 3:29 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Rockwell, according to police. Two people got out of a silver vehicle parked at the mouth of an alley and opened fired at the group.
The 47-year-old, identified as Arturo Zizumbo, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. One of the 17-year-olds, identified as Daniel H. Torres, was shot multiple times and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The other two victims were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 18-year-old was listed in serious condition, and the other 17-year-old, who was shot in the face and neck, was in critical condition, police said.
A 17-year-old boy was shot to death Friday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Corey Martin was walking on the street in the 600 block of North Long at 8:41 a.m. when someone approached, showed a gun and started shooting, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Martin was shot multiple times and was found behind a nearby property and pronounced dead.
A 30-year-old man who was shot to death early Friday in the Lawndale neighborhood had been wounded in another shooting hours earlier, police said. Officers responding to a call of a person down at 1:07 a.m. found 30-year-old Lavaris Johnson with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1600 block of South Millard, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. Three hours earlier, he had been shot in the arm in a drive-by about a mile away in the same neighborhood, and took himself to a hospital where he was treated and released.
A Georgia man was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Antonian T. Mixon, 47, was on the sidewalk at 10:10 p.m. in the 8200 block of South Perry when a male with a gun walked up and announced a robbery, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The suspect then fired shots, striking Mixon in the head, before driving away. Mixon, who lived in Lithonia, Georgia, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 49-year-old man was found shot to death Monday afternoon in the Oakland neighborhood on the South Side. About 12:30 p.m., officers found Lawrence T. Matchem unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of East 40th Street, police and the medical examiner’s office said. Matchem was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 53-year-old man was shot to death Monday morning in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Officers responding to a call of a person down about 11:45 a.m. found Quenten Wright on the ground near his home in the 11400 block of South King Drive with a gunshot wound to the head and gunshot wounds to each arm, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Wright was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died about three hours later.
A 32-year-old man who was shot on Thanksgiving in the West Side Austin neighborhood died of his wounds early Monday. Anthony Shorter and a 35-year-old man were talking to a third man about 11:45 p.m. Nov. 24 in the 1600 block of North Latrobe when an argument began and the third man pulled out a handgun and fired, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Shorter was shot in the chest, abdomen and leg; and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died at 2:22 a.m. Monday, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The older man was shot in the leg and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where his condition stabilized.

Cops: Elijah Jackson, Shacora Jackson, Nateyah Hines, and Scott Thompson found dead in Fernwood 'dope house'

Jeff Mayes — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:13:24 -0600

By SAM CHARLES, JACOB WITTICH and JORDAN OWEN
Chicago Sun-Times

First Deputy Police Supt. Kevin Navarro addresses reporters near a home where four people were found shot to death on the Far South Side. | Sam Charles / Sun-Times

Four people were killed in a Far South Side shooting that may have been the result of a home invasion or robbery at a “dope house,” according to Chicago Police.

Officers were called at 12:39 p.m. Saturday to a 1 1/2-story home in the 100 block of West 105th Street in the Fernwood neighborhood, according to Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police Department spokesman. But it wasn’t clear just when the shooting happened.

Elijah Jackson, 36; his sister Shacora Jackson, 40; and Shacora Jackson's daughter, Nateyah Yafah Hines, 19, were all found dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. All three lived on the same block as the shooting.

A fourth person, 45-year-old Scott Travis Thompson of the first block of Kempton Drive in Romeoville, was also found dead, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Shacora Jackson suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the other victims each suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Three of the victims were found inside the home, and one of the women was found outside, police said.

A fifth victim, an 18-year-old woman also found outside with at least one gunshot wound, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she remained in critical condition Tuesday. Detectives had not interviewed her as of Sunday evening, police said.

A 2-year-old boy was also in the house. He was unharmed and was taken to Roseland Community Hospital for observation.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover funeral and medical expenses for the family.

“The investigation has revealed people in the home were selling potential narcotics out of that home earlier in the day,” police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. “And we believe individuals returned to rob occupants in that home.

“Detectives said they have very optimistic leads," he said, adding that police recovered substances that appeared to be illegal narcotics from the home.

“It’s known that people in the home knew their attackers,” Guglielmi said, adding that no weapon has been found.

Police initially thought the shooting may have stemmed from a domestic situation, but they walked that theory back as more evidence came to light.

Saturday’s shooting was the third time in 24 hours in Chicago in which at least four people were shot in a single incident.

More than 750 people have been killed so far this year, Chicago’s deadliest since the late 1990s.