Victor Ramirez | Homicide Watch Chicago

Second person charged with 2014 beating death of Victor Ramirez in Little Village

Jeff Mayes — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:21:06 -0500

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Miriam Romero | Chicago Police

Bond was set at $250,000 Saturday for a 22-year-old woman charged with being part of a group that beat Victor Ramirez to death last summer in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Miriam Romero is the second person charged with murder for the Aug.31, 2014 attack that left the 23-year-old dead in the 4100 block of West 26th Street, according to Chicago Police. Alvaro Perez, 20, was charged last October and remains in the Cook County Jail on a $1 million bond, Homicide Watch Chicago previously reported.

Ramirez was walking about 5:30 a.m. that day when a group in a passing vehicle yelled gang slogans, prosecutors said at Perez’s bond October bond hearing.

The group got out of the vehicle, and beat and kicked Ramirez. When Ramirez fell to the ground, the group stomped on his head, prosecutors said.

They then got back into the vehicle and drove over the injured Ramirez, prosecutors claim.

Alvaro Perez | Chicago Police

Ramirez, who lived in the 3000 block of West 41st Street, died a short time later at a hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The attack was captured on video by nearby surveillance cameras and multiple witnesses identified Perez as the person who stomped on Ramirez’s head, prosecutors said.

The witnesses gave police a description of the vehicle, and officers searching the area found the vehicle parked down the street from Perez’s home, prosecutors said.

The vehicle was registered to Perez, and blood recovered from the wheel and undercarriage matched that of Ramirez, authorities said.

Romero, of the 2100 block of South Carpenter, was arrested earlier this week and charged with first-degree murder. A judge on Saturday ordered her held on a $250,000 bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. She is due back in court Monday.

Prosecutors: Alvardo Perez part of group that beat Victor Ramirez to death in Little Village

Michael Lansu — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:15:43 -0500

Alvardo Perez / Photo from Chicago Police

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Alvardo Perez was ordered held on $1 million bond Tuesday after prosecutors said he was part of a group that beat Victor Ramirez to death in the Little Village neighborhood.

Ramirez was walking in the 4100 block of West 26th Street when a group in a passing vehicle yelled gang slogans on Aug. 31, said Assistant State's Attorney Colleen Rogers.

Perez and his acquaintances then exited the vehicle and beat and kicked Ramirez, Rogers said. When Ramirez fell to the ground, the group allegedly stomped on his head.

The group then got back into the vehicle and drove over the injured Ramirez, Rogers said.

Ramirez, 23, of the 3000 block of West 41st Street, died a short time later at an area hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy determined Ramirez died of multiple injuries from an assault and the death was ruled a homicide.

The attack was captured on video by nearby surveillance cameras and multiple witnesses identified Perez as the person who stomped on Ramirez' head, Rogers said.

Victor Ramirez / Photo from Facebook

The witnesses gave police a description of the vehicle, and officers searching the area found the vehicle parked "just down the street" from Perez' home, Rogers said.

The vehicle was registered to Perez, and blood recovered from the wheel and undercarriage matched that of Ramirez, Rogers said.

Perez, 19, was charged with first-degree murder and Judge Laura Sullivan ordered him held on $1 million during a Tuesday hearing.

The other members of the group have not yet been charged.

-- Contributing: Rummana Hussain

Autopsy: Victor Ramirez beaten, intentionally run over by car in Little Village

Michael Lansu — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:46:43 -0500

Victor Ramirez died after being beaten and run over by a car in the Little Village neighborhood early Sunday.

Ramirez, 23, was walking in the 4100 block of West 26th Street when a group in two passing sport-utility vehicles began yelling gang slogans at him about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

A fight ensued and Ramirez, of the 3000 block of West 41st Street, was beaten and kicked, authorities said. The attackers then got back into their SUVs and ran over Ramirez while making a U-turn.

He died a short time later at an area hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A Monday autopsy determined Ramirez died of multiple injuries from an assault and the death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine murdered throughout Chicago

Michael Lansu — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:56:07 -0500

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Nine people were murdered throughout Chicago last week, including two beating deaths and one fatal stabbing.

Both of the beatings happened over the holiday weekend, when three people were shot to death and at least 33 others were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent murder happened when a 29-year-old man was shot in the 7400 block of North Ridge Avenue in the Roger Park community about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. His name was not yet released.

In the Little Village neighborhood, 23-year-old Victor Ramirez was beaten then run over by a car in the 4100 block of West 26th Street about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Ramirez, of the 3000 block of West 41st Street, later died at an area hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office, which ruled the death a homicide.

On Saturday, two males beat a 59-year-old homeless man to death in the 1900 block of North Ridgeway Avenue about 10:50 p.m., authorities said. An autopsy on the unidentified man is scheduled for Tuesday.

In the Morgan Park community, 34-year-old Darius Sept was shot in the abdomen in the 10900 block of South Racine Avenue about 12:30 a.m., authorities said.

Sept, of the 1100 block of West 107th Street, died about five hours later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner’s office.

In the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police found 36-year-old Johnny White shot on a sidewalk in the 5400 block of South Damen Avenue about 10:45 p.m. Friday, police said. White, of the 7600 block of South Carpenter Street, later died at Christ Medical Center.

On Wednesday, 34-year-old Antonio Hobson was sitting in a garage in the 1800 block of South Fairfield Avenue in North Lawndale when a car drove past and someone inside opened fire about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Hobson, of the 1600 block of South Komensky Avenue, was shot multiple times and died at Mount Sinai Hospital about two hours later, authorities said.

In the Albany Park neighborhood, 38-year-old Erenbira Pimentel-Hernandez was stabbed multiple times in a stairwell in the 4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

Hernandez, of the 5000 block of West Grand Avenue, died later that day at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the medical examiner’s office. Police said the attack was domestic related.

On Tuesday, 29-year-old Arthur Shanklin was shot multiple times in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue in West Englewood about 1:20 a.m., authorities said. Shanklin, of 1000 block of East 76th Street, died at the scene.

The slayings started early Monday when 23-year-old Joseph Lewis was shot in the 5000 block of South Winchester Avenue in the New City community just before 9 a.m., authorities said.

Lewis, of the 3500 block of West 60th Place, died less than an hour later at Holy Cross Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office. A 17-year-old boy was also wounded during the shooting.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 279 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 11 people killed by police.

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