A 64-year-old man was fatally shot during an attempted robbery early Saturday in the North Lawndale neighborhood, authorities said.

Nabil Batroukh was leaving a store in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue when two males tried to rob him about 3 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

During the robbery, one of the attackers shot Batroukh in the chest, authorities said.

Batroukh, of the 7700 block of West 79th Street, later died at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Christopher Guadarrama was shot to death in the West Town community early Saturday.

Guadarrama, 19, got into a fight with a person who shot him in the 1300 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Guadarrama, of an unidentified home address, was shot in the chest and his friends drove him to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 5:34 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Edward Davis was fatally shot in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood Saturday night.

Officers on patrol heard multiple gunshots and found Davis, 23, shot on a sidewalk in the 4500 block of South Evans Avenue about 10 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Davis, of the 5200 block of South Carpenter Street, was declared dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 10:35 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Brittney Mitchell / Photo from Chicago Police

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

A man and woman were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder for their roles in a fatal home invasion that left a resident and one of their alleged accomplices dead.

Miran Cerimagic, Orhan Cerimagic and Brittney Mitchell broke into a home in the 5800 block of North Mobile Avenue, authorities said.

About 11:30 p.m. Friday, officers were sent to the home for a well-being check and found a 36-year-old man stabbed to death in the kitchen, police said. The man, whose name was not being released Sunday, was dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Less than 30 minutes later, police learned 20-year-old Miran Cerimagic died from stab wounds at Swedish Covenant Hospital, authorities said.

Detectives were initially told Miran Cerimagic, of the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue, was walking with his girlfriend in the 6200 block of North Leavitt Street when a group approached and somebody stabbed him during a cellphone robbery, authorities said.

Orhan Cerimagic / Photo from Chicago Police

Detectives later learned that story was not true and said Miran Cerimagic is believed to have stabbed the 36-year-old man during the home invasion, where he also suffered fatal wounds, police said.

Orhan Cerimagic, 22, also of the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue, and Mitchell, 18, of the 4700 block of North Lamon Avenue, were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder -- one for each death, police said. They were also each charged with one count of home invasion.

Orhan Cerimagic and Mitchell are expected to appear in court Monday for a bond hearing.

-- Contributing: Sun-Times Media Wire

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

At least nine people were killed in slayings throughout Chicago last week.

One man was stabbed to death and six people were fatally shot over the weekend, when 19 others were wounded by gunfire.

The most recent killing happened when a restaurant security guard shot and killed an allegedly intoxicated 36-year-old man with a knife in the 4500 block of North Kedzie Avenue about 4 a.m. Sunday, police said. His name has not yet been released by the Cook County medical examiner's office.

On Saturday, police found 23-year-old Edward Davis shot on a sidewalk in the 4500 block of South Evans Avenue about 10 p.m., authorities said.Davis, of the 5200 block of South Carpenter Street, was declared dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 10:35 p.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

In the West Englewood neighborhood, 19-year-old Shaquille Holmes was standing with a group in the 7300 block of South Damen Avenue when a gunman exited a car and opened fire about 9 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Holmes, of the 7800 block of South Burnham Avenue, was shot multiple times and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 9:51 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Two other people were wounded, but survived, police said.

In the West Town community, 19-year-old Christopher Guadarrama was shot during a fight in the 1300 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Guadarrama, of an unidentified home address, was shot in the chest and his friends drove him to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 5:34 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

In the North Lawndale neighborhood, 64-year-old Nabil Batroukh was shot when two males tried to rob him as he left a store in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue about 3 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Batroukh, of the 7700 block of West 79th Street, was shot in the chest and later died at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Friday, Miran Cerimagic, Orhan Cerimagic and Brittney Mitchell allegedly broke into a home in the 5800 block of North Mobile Avenue, authorities said. Miran Cerimagic and 35-year-old resident Desmond Gunawardana were fatally stabbed during an ensuing altercation, authorities said.

Orhan Cerimagic and Brittney Mitchell have been charged for both murders.

Near Midway Airport, police found 24-year-old Giovanni Galindo shot in the head in the 6200 block of South Kilpatrick Avenue about 5:10 p.m. Friday, authorities said. Galindo, of the 10300 block of South Karlov Avenue in Oak Lawn, was declared dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

On Thursday, 22-year-old Nigell D. Vazquez was shot while standing on a porch in the in the 8600 block of South Ingleside Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood about 8:30 p.m., authorities said.

Vazquez, of an unidentified home address, died about an hour later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner's office.

The killing started early Monday when 22-year-old Oscar Rodriguez was shot while sitting with a group on a porch in the 4300 block of West 25th Place in the Little Village neighborhood about 2:50 a.m., authorities said.

Rodriguez, of the 4900 block of South Winchester Avenue, was shot in the head and died at Mount Sinai Hospital Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. A 17-year-old boy was also critically wounded during the attack.

Additionally, two men died last week from earlier shootings.

Antoine Stewart, 51, died Thursday afternoon from injuries suffered in a domestic-related shooting Aug. 31 at his home in the 9500 block of South Oglesby Avenue, authorities said. A 27-year-old woman was also wounded, police said.

Brian Johnson, 56, of the 9100 block of South May Street, died Tuesday from a June 17 stabbing in the 1000 block of West 87th Street, according to the medical examiner's office. An autopsy confirmed he died of complications from a stab wound to the abdomen, and his death was ruled a homicide.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 292 Chicago deaths in 2014 a homicide — including 12 people killed by police.

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

Brittney Mitchell / Photo from Chicago Police

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago

A man and woman were each held without bond for their alleged roles in a deadly home invasion gone bad that left both a resident and one of their accomplices dead.

Brittney Mitchell believed an acquaintance, Desmond Gunawardana, had "large amounts of narcotics stashed in his residence" and formulated a plan to steal the drugs with the help of Miran Cerimagic, Orhan Cerimagic and a third man, said Assistant State's Attorney Jamie Santini.

Mitchell, 18, made plans to meet Gunawardana, 35, at his home in the 5800 block of North Mobile Avenue about 10 p.m. Friday, Santini said.

Orhan Cerimagic, 22, drove the group to Gunawardana's home and Mitchell went inside while the other three waited in the car about a block away. Mitchell went inside, unlocked the backdoor and texted Orhan Cerimagic that she had unlocked the backdoor, Santini said.

Miran Cerimagic, 20, and the still uncharged 20-year-old man entered the backdoor with a gun and zip ties they planned to use to restrain Gunawardana, Santini said.

Gunawardana resisted and began to fight Miran Cerimagic, Santini said. Both men grabbed knives and stabbed each other multiple times, he said.

About 11:30 p.m., officers were sent to the home for a well being check and found Gunawardana stabbed to death in the kitchen, authorities said.

Gunawardana was stabbed in the head and neck and died at the scene, authorities said. The death was ruled a homicide.

After the fight, Mitchell Miran Cerimagic and the third man ran back to the car, and Orhan Cerimagic drove his brother to Swedish Covenant Hospital, Santini said.

Miran Cerimagic, of the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue, died at the hospital from stab wounds and his death was also ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Santini said Mitchell told police and hospital staff that Miran Cerimagic was stabbed during a robbery. Police said detectives were initially told Cerimagic was walking with his girlfriend in the 6200 block of North Leavitt Street when a group approached and somebody stabbed him during a cellphone robbery, authorities said.

When detectives were unable to confirm the story, Mitchell admitted to her involvement in the robbery and murder of Gunawardana and was arrested, Santini said. Detectives also recovered text messages on her phone alerting Orhan Cerimagic that the backdoor was unlocked.

Orhan Cerimagic / Photo from Chicago Police

Surveillance video shows Orhan Cerimagic driving away immediately after hospital personnel wheeled his brother into the emergency room, Santini said. Based on information from Mitchell, police located Orhan Cerimagic and the car at his home in the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue.

Santini claims Orhan Cerimagic told another person he was going to rob Gunawardana and later called that same person to say "things went bad."

Mitchell and Orhan Cerimagic were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion, police said.

Mitchell lives with her mother in the 4700 block of North Lamon Avenue, her lawyer said. She has a GED but is currently not working.

Orhan Cerimagic graduated from Amundsen High School and attended University of Illinois for more than a year before leaving for financial reasons, his lawyer said. He had been working two retails jobs.

On Monday, Judge Donald Panarese ordered both Mitchell and Orhan Cerimagic held without bond and issued a next court date of Sept. 26.

Giovanni Galindo, 24, was shot to death Friday night in a residential area near Midway Airport Reader "Hoover" posted this about him:

R.I.P to my lil dude Gino from your boy Hoover I will really miss you bro chicago put the gunz down

Antonio Hobson / Photo from Facebook

BY KALEY FOWLER
Homicide Watch Chicago

Antonio Hobson lived to have fun, and there was never a dull moment when he was around, a friend said.

“He always knew the right thing to say to get everyone laughing,” said friend Triondus Suggs. “He was all about having fun, and if you weren’t willing to have fun with him he'd go off and have fun by himself.”

Hobson, 34, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the in the 1800 block of South Fairfield Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood Aug. 27, authorities said.

Police said he was sitting in a garage when a car drove past and somebody inside opened fire about 9:45 p.m. that night. Hobson, of the 1600 block of South Komensky Avenue, was struck multiple times and died at Mount Sinai Hospital about two hours later, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Hobson had two young daughters and always put his family and friends first, Suggs said.

“The saddest thing to me is that about a month ago he told me he worries about me out here on the West Side because of all the shootings and killings going on,” Suggs said. “That shows just how caring he was.”

When he wasn't spending time with friends and family, Hobson enjoyed listening to music -- especially enjoyed Bob Marley, Suggs said. He also enjoyed playing basketball.

“He loved to play basketball, but more than that he loved to watch Chicago sports," Suggs said. "The Bulls and Bears were his number one teams. He’s probably looking down from heaven cheering on the Chicago Sky right now.”

Police said Hobson was a documented gang member, but Suggs described Hobson as a family man.

“I saw an article that made sure to mention he was a documented gang member, but that’s not who he was,” Suggs said. “We all make mistakes and some of us run with the wrong crowd, but he was more than that. He was someone’s son, a father, a grandson and an extremely loyal friend who would do anything for anyone.”

Nobody has been charged for the murder. Area Central detectives are investigating.

A man was fatally shot in a car exiting the Kennedy Expressway Friday night in the Logan Square community, State Police announced Monday.

Decari Spivey, 21, was a passenger in a car on southbound exit ramp from the Kennedy Expressway (I-90) to Armitage Avenue when he was shot about 2:10 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Police believe another vehicle was involved in the attack, said Illinois State Police spokeswoman Monique Bond.

Spivey, of the 200 block of North Keeler Avenue, was shot in the head and died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County at 6:58 p.m. Friday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Two other people were in the car with Spivey but were not injured, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Illinois State Police are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

A restaurant security guard fatally shot a man police said threatened the guard with a knife early Sunday in the Albany Park neighborhood.

The 47-year-old security guard told an intoxicated Juan Carlos Villalobos Avila to leave the restaurant in the 4500 block of North Kedzie Avenue just before 4 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Avilia, 36, returned with a knife and attacked the security guard, who drew his weapon and fired shots, authorities said.

Avilia, of an unidentified home address, was struck and died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. A Monday autopsy determined he died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen and the death was ruled a homicide.

The security guard was not hurt, and no charges are pending against him, police said.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Terry Cook was killed in a Back of the Yards shooting that left another man wounded Monday night.

Cook, 32, was shot multiple times in the 5400 block of South Laflin Street about 3 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Cook, of the 1400 block of West Garfield Boulevard, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died at 9:56 p.m. Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy determined he died from a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide.

A 19-year-old man was also wounded and taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs and his left hand, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Scene where Gabriel Meneses was shot / Photo from NVP News Video

A Norridge man was fatally shot early Wednesday in the Portage Park neighborhood.

Gabriel Menses, 31, was driving in the 5200 block of West Waveland Avenue when a blue SUV pulled alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 1 a.m., authorities said.

Menses, of the 4600 block of North Sayre Avenue in Norridge, was shot in the back and parked the car, authorities said. He died on the scene.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

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

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Richard Ramkhalawan / Photo from Cook County Sheriff's office

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

A Chicago man was ordered held on $300,000 bond Wednesday after prosecutors claim he was drunk when he caused a Sunday night crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway that left a woman dead.

Richard Ramkhalawan was speeding north and "erratically changing lanes" on the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94) when he struck a Jeep near 87th Street about 7 p.m. Sept. 7, according to Illinois State Police and Assistant State's Attorney Bethy Novy.

The Jeep left the road and rolled over, authorities said. The driver of the Jeep, 44-year-old Anne Marie Schafer of the 2000 block of West Berwyn Avenue, died from blunt force trauma injuries later that night at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.

Ramkhalawan stayed on scene and investigators reported he had "bloodshot glassy eyes, slurred speech and an odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath," Novy said.

He admitted to consuming some beers at a family gathering before the crash, and police found several open containers of alcohol in the BMW X5 SUV, authorities said.

Ramkhalawan was taken to St. Bernard Hospital where a blood draw determined he had a blood-alcohol level of .305, Novy said. The legal blood-alcohol limit in Illinois is .08.

Authorities also determined he did not have a valid driver's license at the time of the crash, Novy said.

Ramkhalawan, 35, of Chicago, was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI resulting in death, according to state police.

Ramkhalawan's lawyer argued the Trinidad native did not consent to the blood draw. He said Ramkalawan moved to the United States when he was 21 and currently lives with his fiance and cares for her children.

Judge Donald Panarese ordered Ramkhalawan held on $300,000 bond during a Wednesday hearing and ordered him to appear in court again Sept. 29.

A 53-year-old Aurora man has died from injuries suffered when he was hit in the head during a fight last week in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Raphael Watts was struck in the head during a fight with a 23-year-old man in the 2600 block of West North Avenue about 9:40 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Watts, of the 1100 block of Kane Street in Aurora, died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A Wednesday autopsy confirmed Watts died of blunt force head trauma from an altercation with another person and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area Central detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

A 54-year-old man was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood early Monday.

Malcolm Warnsby was shot in the back in the 1100 block of North Harding Avenue bout 3:25 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

Warnsby, of the 1300 block of North Kildare Avenue, died about three hours later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office, which ruled the death a homicide.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area North detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Antwon Williams / Photo from Chicago Police

A Berwyn man has been charged with murder for his role in the beating death of an Aurora man last week in the Humboldt Park area.

Antwon Williams, 33, allegedly struck 53-year-old Raphael Watts in the head during a fight in the 2600 block of West North Avenue about 9:40 p.m. Sept. 4, authorities said.

Watts, of the 1100 block of Kane Street in Aurora, died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A Wednesday autopsy determined Watts died of blunt force head trauma from an altercation and the death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

Williams, of the 2200 block of Scoville Avenue in Berywn, was charged with first-degree murder and a parole violation, police said. He is expected to appear in court Thursday for a bond hearing.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Mason Johnson / Photo from Cook County Sheriff's office

BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media

The son of an O’Hare International Airport security officer who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his father was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday.

Mason Johnson, 26, was charged with murder for the March 23, 2013, stabbing death of his father, Kenneth Johnson, during a domestic dispute at their home in the 11400 block of South Rockwell Street, authorities said.

Kenneth Johnson, 49, was an aviation security officer and shift supervisor at O’Hare Airport, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.

An autopsy determined he died of multiple stab and incised wounds and ruled his death a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

After the fight, Mason Johnson was also hospitalized with injuries, police said.

Earlier this month, Mason Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder before Judge James Linn, according to court records.

On Monday, he was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison and given credit for nearly a year and a half spent in jail since his arrest, according to the court records.

A Steger man shot to death in a Roseland area alley Saturday morning.

A resident found 20-year-old Martell Robinson in an alley in the 9700 block of South Forest Avenue at 8:12 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Robinson, of the 300 block of West 35th Street in Steger, was shot in the head and back and died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 7:33 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

A Thursday autopsy confirmed Robinson died from a gunshot wound to the head and ruled his death a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the murder.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Desmond Gunawardana was fatally stabbed during a Sept. 5 home invasion in the Norwood Park community that also left an alleged robber dead. Reader "Adam" posted this about Gunawardana:

I can't even believe that Des is gone! I did not even have a chance to say goodbye!

Antwon Williams / Photo from Chicago Police

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A married father from the suburbs allegedly beat a man to death because he disrespected his girlfriend.

Antwon Williams promised his 21-year-old girlfriend that he would “check” Raphael Watts after she complained about the argument she had with Watts on Sept. 4, said Assistant State’s Attorney Colleen Rogers.

Williams’ girlfriend lived in a home in Humboldt Park with her mother and Watts, who was the mother’s boyfriend, Rogers said.

After the girlfriend called Williams on the phone to vent, he and another person arrived at the home in the 2600 block of North Avenue, Rogers said.

The girlfriend allegedly let the pair into the house later that night.

Watts, 53, was lying on his bed watching television with his girlfriend when Williams and his friend came in and allegedly started hitting Watts in the head and body.

Watts started vomiting blood and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was placed on life support and later died, authorities said.

Witnesses inside the house identified Williams, 33, as one of the two people who attacked Watts, Rogers said.

Williams’ cohort has not been charged, Rogers said.

Williams, a member of the Spanish Cobras, was arrested at his home on Tuesday.

On Thursday, Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered Williams held on $2 million bond for Watts’ murder.

Williams was currently on parole for a 2009 vehicular hijacking. The Berwyn man was just released from prison in May, Rogers said.

He also has previous drug, theft and robbery convictions.

Williams is married with two children and supports his wife and her two children, Williams’ attorney said.