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Fergusonen-usMon, 24 Nov 2014 09:00:04 -0600WEEK IN REVIEW: Eight shot dead throughout Chicagohttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/24/week-in-review-eight-shot-dead-throughout-chicago-2/<p>BY MICHAEL LANSU<br /> Homicide Watch Chicago Editor</p> <p>Eight people were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week.</p> <p>Three of the murders happened over the weekend, when 11 other people were wounded by gunfire.</p> <p>The most recent killing happened when 23-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/ladarius-edwards/">Ladarius Edwards</a> was shot on a sidewalk in the 8000 block of South Fairfield Avenue about 2:50 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9150"></span><br /> Edwards, of the 2500 block of West 79th Street, was shot in the head and died less than an hour later at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Another man was wounded but survived, police said.</p> <p>On Friday, pPolice found 24-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/jeffrey-daniels/">Jeffrey Daniels</a> shot in the head inside a vehicle in the 200 block of North Mason Avenue in the Austin neighborhood about 11:30 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Daniels, 24, of 1400 block of West Taylor Street, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County less than an hour later, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>In the Hyde Park neighborhood, 25-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/suspects/paris-walker-rush/">Paris D. Walker-Rush</a> accidentally shot <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/david-kennedy/">David Kennedy</a> in the head an apartment the 5200 block of South Cornell Avenue about 9 p.m. Friday, authorities said.</p> <p>Kennedy, 24, of the 3700 block of South Wood Street, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office, which ruled the death a homicide.</p> <p>Walker-Rush, of the 5200 block of South Cornell Avenue, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, police said.</p> <p>On Wednesday, 25-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/krystal-t-jackson/">Krystal T. Jackson</a> was shot while inside a vehicle in the 6800 block of South Loomis Boulevard in West Englewood about 6:25 p.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Jackson, 25, of the 7700 block of South Saginaw Avenue, was shot multiple times and died at the hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Two other people were wounded but survived.</p> <p>In the Humboldt Park neighborhood, 23-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/tyris-t-ferguson/">Tyris T. Ferguson</a> was shot while inside a vehicle in the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.</p> <p>Ferguson, 23, of the 800 block of North St. Louis Avenue, was shot multiple times and died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said. Three other people were wounded but survived.</p> <p>On Tuesday, police found 21-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/derick-d-coopwood/">Derick D. Coopwood</a> shot multiple times in the 700 block of North Spaulding Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood about 7:05 a.m., authorities said.</p> <p>Coopwood, of the 700 block of North Christiana Avenue, died at Mount Sinai Hospital about two hours later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>On Monday, 31-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/larry-thomas/">Larry Thomas</a> was shot in the neck and police found him on a sidewalk in the 7500 block of South Union Avenue in Englewood about 11:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Thomas, of an unidentified home address, died about an hour later at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>The killings started when 30-year-old <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/robert-leverett/">Robert Leverett</a> was shot in the head in the 7200 block of South Carpenter Street in Englewood about 7 p.m. Monday, authorities said.</p> <p>Leverett, of the 1200 block of West 72nd Street, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.</p> <p>Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 400 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, 24 Nov 2014 09:00:04 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/24/week-in-review-eight-shot-dead-throughout-chicago-2/Derick D. CoopwoodJeffrey DanielsLadarius EdwardsTyris T. FergusonKrystal T. JacksonDavid KennedyRobert LeverettLarry ThomasParis Walker-RushTyris Ferguson fatally shot in Humboldt Parkhttp://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/20/tyris-ferguson-fatally-shot-in-humboldt-park/<p><iframe src="http://homicides.suntimes.com/api/v1/homicides/826.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p><a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/victims/tyris-t-ferguson/">Tyris T. Ferguson</a> was killed in a Humboldt Park shooting that left three other people wounded Wednesday afternoon.</p> <p>The men were inside a vehicle in the 700 block of North St. Louis Avenue when somebody inside a passing van opened fire about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.<br /> <span id="more-9119"></span><br /> Ferguson, 23, of the 800 block of North St. Louis Avenue, was shot multiple times and died less than an hour later at Mount Sinai Hospital, authorities said.</p> <p>Two other men inside the vehicle were also shot multiple times, but survived, police said. A third man, possibly a pedestrian, was found shot inside a nearby home, authorities said.</p> <p>Nobody has been charged for the murder.</p> <p>Area North detectives are investigating.</p> Michael LansuThu, 20 Nov 2014 14:27:21 -0600http://homicides.suntimes.com/2014/11/20/tyris-ferguson-fatally-shot-in-humboldt-park/Tyris T. Ferguson