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Burundi Martin charged with murder in Far South Side shooting death of Tony McIntosh

Michael Lansu — Fri, 22 May 2015 13:48:22 -0500

Burundi Martin / Photo from Chicago Police

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A Far South Side man was ordered held without bond Friday for allegedly murdering a man in front of his mother and brother.

Burundi A. Martin stopped in front of the porch in the 10600 block of South Yates Avenue and asked Tony McIntosh’s family, “What’s Up?,” prosecutors said.

Martin then reached into his pocket, pulled out a gun and opened fire, prosecutors said.

McIntosh, his mother and brother dropped to the ground as soon as the bullets started flying on the night of Oct. 3, 2014, Assistant State’s Attorney Jennifer Cooper said.

The first bullet struck the glass screen door, shattering it.

Martin then took a step closer to the porch and fired three more times, Cooper said.

McIntosh, 20, was hit in the right arm and the back of his head, authorities said.

Martin ran from the scene, but was captured on surveillance cameras fleeing with the weapon, Cooper said.

McIntosh’s mother, a certified nursing assistant, performed CPR on her son before paramedics arrived, relatives said last year.

The day after the murder, she learned of Burundi’s nickname and later identified him in a photo from the surveillance cameras, Cooper said.

Martin, 25, of the 12200 block of South Ada Street, was arrested Thursday based on an investigative alert issued at the time of the murder, Cooper said.

“It happened right in front of his mother,” McIntosh’s aunt, Traci Armstrong, said in October. “It doesn’t seem real. Who does that?”

Martin, who has an 8th-grade education and works at a shipping and packaging company, has two prior convictions — one a weapons charge, the other a residential burglary case.

Comment of the Day: "I have to stay strong for my son"

Michael Lansu — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:58:56 -0500

Tony McIntosh was fatally shot Friday outside his South Deering home. Reader Brandy Richard posted this about the killing:

Its sad that I can't explain to my son that he will never see or hear his daddy voice no more but I have to stay strong for my son RIH TONY

WEEK IN REVIEW: Six shot dead throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:00:02 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago

Six people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week.

The most recent killing happened when 20-year-old Hezekiah Harper-Bey was shot while inside a vehicle in the 4400 block of West Van Buren Street in West Garfield Park about 3 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Harper-Bey, 20, who lived on the block, was shot in the face and died about 30 minutes later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said. Three other men in the car were wounded but survived.

On Friday, 20-year-old Tony McIntosh was outside in the 10600 block of South Yates Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood when someone walked up and shot him in the head about 9:20 p.m., authorities said.

McIntosh, who lived on the block, died less than an hour later at Advocate Trinity Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.

McIntosh was smoking cigarettes on the back porch of his family’s home when a gunman walked up and shot him, his aunt Traci Armstrong said.

“It happened right in front of his mother,” said Armstrong, 44. “It doesn’t seem real. Who does that?”

On Thursday, 25-year-old Raymond Murray was found lying in the street in the 7800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard in the South Shore community with a gunshot wound to his chest about 3:20 a.m., authorities said.

Murray, of the 7600 block of North Jeffery Boulevard, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Tuesday, 16-year-old Camerion Blair was shot in the back and buttocks in the 2600 block of East 73rd Street in the South Shore community about 6:10 p.m., authorities said.

Camerion, of the 7300 block of South Shore Drive, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Prosecutors claim Robert Smith, 21, of the 7600 block of South Coles Avenue, shot Blair and Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered Smith held without bond Saturday.

In the Humboldt Park community, 25-year-old Shandel Adams was shot in the 600 block of North Ridgeway Avenue early Tuesday, authorities said.

Adams, of the 5400 block of West Van Buren Street, died at Mount Sinai Hospital 4:17 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

The killings started when 25-year-old Stanley L. Macon Jr. was shot in the 900 block of South Lawndale Avenue in the North Lawndale community just before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Macon, of the 2700 block of West Washington Boulevard, was shot several times in the head and died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 330 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 12 people killed by police.

Chicago Police, which counts murders different by following federal guidelines, have ruled some of those homicides as involuntary manslaughter, justified self-defense or accidents.

Family: Tony McIntosh fatally shot in front of his mother

Michael Lansu — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 23:48:21 -0500

Tony McIntosh / Submitted photo

BY ASHLEE REZIN
Sun-Times Media

A 20-year-old man was gunned down in front of his mom and his brother Friday night on the Far South Side, relatives say.

Tony McIntosh was smoking cigarettes on the back porch of his family’s South Deering home when a gunman walked up and fatally shot him, his aunt Traci Armstrong said.

“It happened right in front of his mother,” said Armstrong, 44. “It doesn’t seem real. Who does that?”

His mother, she said, is a certified nursing assistant and performed CPR on her son before paramedics arrived.

“I know that was the hardest thing she’s ever had to do,” Armstrong said.

McIntosh was outside in the 10600 block of South Yates about 9:20 p.m. Friday when he was killed, authorities said.

No one else was injured in the shooting.

“It’s just sad that people have no regard for human life,” Armstrong said, adding that her nephew was “quiet and happy.”

McIntosh was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was the youngest of three children and father of a 2-year-old boy, Armstrong said, adding that McIntosh had plans to register for adult education classes next week at Olive–Harvey College in the hopes of getting his GED.

“He loved his son and he was getting his life in order. He didn’t deserve that,” she said. “He was quiet and didn’t bother anybody. He was a good kid.”

Armstrong said McIntosh’s funeral service will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 10 at 415 W. 111th St.

Tony McIntosh shot to death in South Deering

Michael Lansu — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 22:03:24 -0500

Tony McIntosh was fatally shot in the South Deering neighborhood Friday night.

McIntosh, 20, was outside in the 10600 block of South Yates Avenue when someone walked up and shot him in the head about 9:20 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

McIntosh, who lived on the block, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was declared dead at 9:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.