At least 17 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week.
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The man who helped mold him into a 20-0 professional boxer said “he was going to be a world champion,” but instead, 25-year-old Ed “Bad Boy” Brown became victim of Chicago gun violence. The child of Garfield Park, who wore a Chicago flag uniform whenever he left town to fight, was gunned down early Saturday half a mile from his home, according to Chicago Police and his co-manager, Mike Cericola.
Brown was sitting in a parked vehicle with a 19-year-old woman about 1:10 a.m. in the 3200 block of West Warren Boulevard when a silver vehicle pulled up and someone inside shot at them, police said. Brown was shot in the head, and the woman was shot in the left leg. Both were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Brown was initially put on life support, but was pronounced dead at 4:04 p.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The woman, his cousin, was listed in good condition, authorities said.
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A man was shot to death Sunday night in his home in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. About 11:45 p.m., officers arrived in the 8100 block of South Ellis and found 45-year-old Darren Smith unresponsive inside a home, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
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A west suburban man was killed and two others wounded in a shooting inside a restaurant early Sunday in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood on the South Side. They were in a fast-food restaurant in the 6300 block of South King Drive at 3:07 a.m. when two suspects entered and opened fire, according to police. The shooters ran out after the shooting. Antron T. Young, 23, of Naperville was shot in the face and was pronounced dead at the scene.Two other men were wounded in the shooting and took themselves to St. Bernard Hospital, police said. The men, ages 22 and 24, were each shot once in the lower body and their conditions were stabilized.
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A 22-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said. Shortly before 2 a.m., Deangelo Martin was standing with a group of people in the 7300 block of South Yale when gunfire erupted and he was shot multiple times in the neck, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. A friend took Martin to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, authorities said.
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A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death Saturday night in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Bartiomiej R. Barczyk was stabbed in the chest in a building in the 5500 block of West Higgins by another man during an argument at 11:37 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Barczyk was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was pronounced dead. Police said the stabbing was domestic-related and a suspect was taken into custody.
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A man died last month, almost five years to the day after he was shot in the South Shore neighborhood. Carlos Williams was 31 when someone opened fire from a passing vehicle as he stood outside about 8:30 p.m. Nov. 18, 2011, in the 2500 block of East 75th Street, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was shot in the head and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said at the time. Williams, 36, was pronounced dead at 3:57 p.m. Nov. 19 at the long-term rehabilitation center in west suburban Elmwood Park where he’d been living, authorities said. An autopsy found he died of complications from the gunshot wound and ruled the death a homicide. Police could not immediately provide an update on the investigation Tuesday night.
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A 16-year-old boy died hours after being shot Friday evening inside a Lawndale neighborhood apartment building on the West Side. About 6:15 p.m., Christopher Brandon-Lucket was with two other people in the basement of a building in the 1500 block of South Kedzie when the boy was shot once in the face, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Brandon-Lucket was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 2:19 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. Police said no one was in custody for the shooting Monday night.
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A 19-year-old man died Friday, one day after he was shot repeatedly Thursday afternoon in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Carl A. Jones was standing outside at 2:09 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Kedzie when someone walked up, fired shots, then ran away, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He was shot in the head, chest, and shoulder; and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said. Jones, who lived on the block where he was shot, died at the hospital at 6:15 p.m. Friday, authorities said.
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A man was fatally shot Friday afternoon in the East Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side. At 2:50 p.m., 33-year-old Curtis Nowells was walking in a park in the 5400 block of South Cornell when someone wearing a mask walked up from behind and opened fire before running away northbound, according to police and the =medical examiner’s office. Nowells was found unresponsive by officers and pronounced at the scene.
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A 73-year-old west suburban man was shot to death while driving in the North Austin neighborhood early Friday on the West Side. At 2:20 a.m., Ronald L. Allen of Naperville was driving in the 1300 block of North Laramie when someone opened fire and he was hit in the side, according to police and the medical examiner's office. His vehicle crashed into two parked cars, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. It wasn’t clear whether he was the intended target.
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A man was fatally shot Thursday evening in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Reginald G. Smith, 48, was found unresponsive at 7:33 p.m. in a parking lot in the 7800 block of South Cottage Grove, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to authorities.
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A man was shot to death early Thursday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 1:16 a.m. found 19-year-old Marqual Donell Bailey with gunshot wounds to the head and chest in the 300 block of South Whipple, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Bailey was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A 22-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday night in the South Shore neighborhood, according to authorities. Officers responding to a call of shots fired at 8:05 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Cornell found Trayvon M. Dickerson in a gangway with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen, police and the medical examiner’s office said. He was dead at the scene. The circumstances of the attack were unknown.
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A Georgia man died after he was shot while driving Wednesday morning, then crashing his vehicle in the South Side Burnside neighborhood. Mandle Lee Johnson III, 25, was driving about 6:20 a.m. and crashed his vehicle into a bus shelter in the 9300 block of South Cottage Grove, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. He had been shot three times in the lower abdomen and once in the lower back, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died less than an hour later. He did not suffer any injuries from the crash and there were no passengers in the vehicle, police said.
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A man was shot to death Tuesday night along the border of the South Shore and South Chicago neighborhoods. Shortly after 8 p.m., officers responding to a shooting in the 2800 block of East 79th Street found 30-year-old Addonis Johnson on a sidewalk with two gunshot wounds to the chest, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Johnson was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 9:08 p.m., authorities said.
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A 51-year-old man was found fatally shot early Tuesday in the Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Officers responding to calls of a person down at 1:32 a.m. in the 2500 block of North Lavergne found Gregorio Aguilar with a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Aguilar was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
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A man beaten to death with a bottle Monday evening in the West Englewood neighborhood was identified as 41-year-old Charles Johnson. Paramedics called for police help after finding him about 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of 63rd Street and Ashland, according to police. He had been struck in the head with a bottle during a fight. Johnson died at Stroger Hospital about 45 minutes later An autopsy found he died of multiple head injuries from an assault with a bottle, and his death was ruled a homicide.
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A man and a teenage boy were found shot to death Monday evening inside a vehicle in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Officers discovered 19-year-old Leny Cervantes and 17-year-old Jamie Cervantes inside a vehicle about 6:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of South Wolcott, according to police and themedical examiner’s office. The older man had been shot in the head, and the teen had been shot in the abdomen, authorities said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Autopsies Tuesday found both died of multiple gunshot wounds. It was unclear whether the victims were related, though both lived in the 6400 block of South Bell.
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