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VIDEO: Stolen Hummer led to double murder Easter Sunday in Little Village

Michael Lansu — Tue, 13 May 2014 13:35:37 -0500

BY JESSICA KOSCIELNIAK
Chicago Sun-Times

A wounded Alex Garrido climbed into the driver's seat of his brother's Lincoln Navigator and attempted to take his bleeding relatives to a hospital after a flurry of bullets entered the SUV Easter Sunday in the Little Village neighborhood.

Garrido, 23, said he was in the backseat with two young children when the gunfire erupted and he was shot in the hand. His brother, Juan Ocon, was shot in the head while driving and his cousin, Timmy Bermudez, was struck in the chest as he sat in the front seat, authorities said.

After the shooting, Garrido climbed into the driver's seat, sat on his bleeding brother and drove off to find a hospital as the children cried in the back seat.

Alex Garrido shows his graze wounds on his hands while standing with his brother Thursday May 24, 2014. | Jessica Koscielniak / Sun-Times

Ocon, 32, of the 3400 block of West 59th Place, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Bermudez, 19, of the 900 block of West 19th Place, died at Mount Sinai Hospital about 20 minutes after being shot.

Police said the series of events that led to the double murder started about 1 p.m. April 21 when the family spotted the stolen orange Hummer of a relative on vacation. Ocon followed the Hummer to the 2800 block of South Sawyer Avenue, where two gunmen exited the vehicle and opened fire on the Navigator.

Garrido drove to South Kedzie Avenue and West 24th Street, where emergency crews responded.

David Ocon shoes off his tattoo for his son, Timmy Bermudez, outside Ocon's mother's home, Tuesday April 22, 2014. | Jessica Koscielniak / Sun-Times

"What are the coincidence in a big city running into a truck that has been stolen?" said Rosalio Ocon, Bermudez' father and Ocon's brother.

Family members said Ocon and Bermudez were not involved with gangs or drugs.

“Innocent blood always gets shed,” Garrido said.

The shooting happened beneath a police security camera, but nobody has been charged for the murders.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

David Ocon adjusts his hat before going into the wake for his nephew, Timmy Bermudez, Thursday April 24, 2014. | Jessica Kosceilniak / Sun-Times

David Ocon remembers his son, Timmy Bermudez, outside his wake, Thursday April 24, 2014. | Jessica Kosceilniak / Sun-Times

Comment of the Day: "She works her butt of to provide a life for him and that life was taken too soon by the wrong people"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:00:29 -0500

Timmy Bermudez was one of two people fatally shot in an Easter Sunday shooting in the Little Village community. Reader "coworker865" posted this about the killings:

I work with the mother of Timmy Bermudez, my condolences go to her and there family. She lost an angel and she provided nothing but everything for him. She works her butt of to provide a life for him and that life was taken too soon by the wrong people.

WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine shot dead throughout the city

Michael Lansu — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:46:24 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Nine people were fatally shot throughout the city last week, and a 10th died from injuries suffered in an earlier shooting.

Eight of the murders happened during an especially violent weekend, which saw at least 37 other people wounded by gunfire.

The most recent murders happened when two men were fatally shot Sunday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood.

Juan Ocon, 32, and Timmy Bermudez, 19, were riding in a Lincoln Navigator when they were shot about 1 p.m. near West 28th Street and South Sawyer Avenue, authorities said.

An orange Hummer blocked the SUV at the intersection then two gunmen exited and fired nearly a dozen shots at the vehicle, police said. Ocon was shot in the head and died at the scene. Bermudez was shot in the chest and died less than 20 minutes later at Mount Sinai Hospital.

In the Garfield Ridge community, A Chicago Police officer and her husband, a Cook County Sheriff’s correctional officer, were found dead in their home in the 5300 block of South Austin Avenue in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said.

The correctional officer apparently shot his wife before shooting himself, said Cook County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cara Smith. The bodies were discovered about 5 a.m. Sunday.

The couple has been identified as Javier and Veronica Acevedo, both 50, authorities said. Autopsies are scheduled for later Monday.

On Saturday, the bodies of 18-year-old Anthony Bankhead and 16-year-old Jordan Means were discovered in Bankhead's home in the 8200 block of South Houston Avenue about 10:40 a.m.

Both teens had been shot and were dead on the scene, authorities said.

Means lived nearby in the 8100 block of South Coles Avenue, authorities said. His mother, Camille Cochran, said the shooter and her son had exchanged words on Facebook. Police would not confirm her account.

In East Garfield Park, 42-year-old Darren Ray shot multiple times in an alley in the 2900 block of West Flournoy Street about 9:30 a.m., authorities said.

Ray, of the 3000 block of West Flournoy Street, was declared dead at Mount Sinai Hospital about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

In the West Town community, 19-year-old Nicholas Ramirez was fatally shot in the 1600 block of West Hubbard Street after crashing the vehicle he was driving during a chase about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

After the crash, at least one person in the second vehicle shot Ramirez in the head and legs, authorities said. The second vehicle then fled east on Hubbard Street.

Ramirez, of the 3900 block of South Rockwell Street, was dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Friday, 20-year-old Trevolus Pickett was fatally shot in a gangway in the 5200 block of West Congress Parkway about 11:15 p.m., authorities said.

Pickett, 8300 block of South Dorchester Avenue, was shot in the head and died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.

On Tuesday, 16-year-old Keno Glass was was walking on a sidewalk in the 7600 block of North Ashland Avenue when a gray minivan drove past and someone inside shot him about 2:40 a.m., authorities said.

Glass, of the 3500 block of West Walnut Street, was dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Additionally, 22-year-old Andres Servantes died last Monday from gunshot wounds suffered April 11 in the 8100 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue, authorities said.

Servantes, of the 4000 block of West 58th Place, was sitting in a vehicle when a light-colored van approached and somebody inside opened fire, authorities said. Servantes was shot in the head and shoulders and died three days later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled 95 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including four people killed by police. Additionally, the state’s attorney’s office filed first-degree murder charges against a speeding motorist who killed an off-duty police officer while trying to flee police even though the autopsy ruled the death an accident.

Chicago Police, which counts murders different, have ruled at least five of the homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.

PHOTO GALLERY: Juan Ocon, Timmy Bermudez fatally shot Easter Sunday in Little Village

Michael Lansu — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:59:27 -0500

PHOTOS BY ALEX WROBLEWSKI

Juan Ocon and Timmy Bermudez were fatally shot Sunday afternoon while riding in an SUV in the Little Village Neighborhood. After the shooting, the Lincoln Navigator with the wounded passengers sped off and eventually stopped at West 24th Street and South Kedzie Avenue.

Juan Ocon, Timmy Bermudez fatally shot in Little Village

Michael Lansu — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:39:24 -0500

Double murder in Little Village / Photo by Alex Wroblewski

Juan Ocon and Timmy Bermudez were shot dead on a Little Village street on Easter Sunday.

About 1 p.m., an orange Hummer blocked a Lincoln Navigator head-on at the corner of West 28th Street and South Sawyer Avenue, police said at the scene. Two gunmen then exited the Hummer and fired nearly a dozen shots at the Navigator.

A 13-year-old boy who lives nearby said he saw part of the shooting from inside his home. Both gunmen wore white masks and the Hummer fled south, he said.

After the shooting, the Navigator sped away and was later found at West 24th Street and South Kedzie Avenue, police said at the scene.

Ocon, 32, was shot in the head and died at the scene, authorities said. Bermudez, 19, was shot in the chest and died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than 20 minutes later. Their home addresses were not immediately available.

The shooting occurred beneath a police security camera, and detectives will be viewing tape to identify the potential shooters, police said.

Nobody has been charged with the murders.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the shooting is gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire