Javier Garza (L) and Damien Garza (R) / Photos from Chicago Police

BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media

Two men were convicted of murder Wednesday for a 2013 shooting that killed a 14-year-old boy on the Southwest Side.

Michael Orozco was on his way to an ice cream shop with friends about 4:30 p.m. April 7 when he was fatally shot in the chest in the 2200 block of South Leavitt Street, authorities said.

Prosecutors said Javier Garza, 19, shot Michael in an apparent attempt to avenge his father’s murder.

Both he and another suspect, 21-year-old Damien Garza, were arrested after police on the scene radioed a description of the gunman’s vehicle and other officers located it nearby, police said.

The Garzas are not related, Javier Garza’s mother said after a 2013 court hearing in the case.

A third male was initially taken into custody and later released.

Michael Orozco / Family photo

Authorities said both suspects and Michael were in gangs -- a claim their families denied.

Both men were convicted Wednesday of various counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm following trials that began Monday before Judge James Linn, according to court records.

Damien Garza, of the 4500 block of Wood Street, will next appear in court May 5. Javier Garza, of the 2900 block of North 75th Court in Elmwood Park, will be back in court May 7.

Albert Turnage / Submitted photo

BY CHANTELLE NAVARRO
Homicide Watch Chicago

Albert Turnage talked about going back to school because he wanted to be a positive role model for his son, his former foster parent said.

Turnage will never get the chance to watch his son grow up after the 23-year-old was fatally shot in the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue on his son's sixth birthday, police and family said.

Officers responding to a call of a person shot found Turnage and another man in an alley about 4:10 a.m. Feb. 25, authorities said.

Turnage, of the 1700 block of West Greenleaf Avenue, was shot in the chest and died at Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston about two hours later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The other man, 30, was shot multiple times and was treated at Saint Francis Hospital, police said.

"I know for a fact that it was not anything that was targeted against him, he was not in a gang," said Turnage's foster parent Katie Cangemi. "I do think that it was an act of violence related to the problems in Rogers Park."

Cangemi met Turnage when he was just 11 years old, and provided emotional support during the boy's battle with cancer, she said.

"He was in need of somebody to be with him through chemo everyday," Cangemi said. "It didn’t seem right that a kid with cancer should go through that alone."

Cangemi said the two would play "I Spy" and watch movies while he was undergoing treatment.

"He let me into his life at a really vulnerable time," Cangemi said. "When somebody is facing possible death, that’s when we really became family."

Turnage had several surgeries, and doctors were amazed at how he kept a positive attitude and continued to tell jokes and smile, she said.

The cancer was in remission when Cangemi got her foster parent license while Turnage was in eighth grade, she said.

"I just knew that being bounced around the system ... wasn’t good for him" Cangemi said. "I feel like what he needed was a home, and he trusted me enough to provide that ... we were already [like] family."

Turnage was excited to move in with Cangemi and called her "fairy godmother," she said.

Albert Turnage with his son, Jayden / Submitted photo

Turnage eventually dropped out of high school to help raise his son, Jayden, Cangemi said. He eventually went back to school and earned his diploma because he wanted to be a positive role model for his son. He had recently talked about going back to school to become a welder, she said.

"I’ve never seen a father so involved -- Jayden got so many hugs and kisses," Cangemi said. "There was no doubt for his love in his son."

After Turnage left the Department of Children and Family Services system, he remained close with Cangemi and the two would often meet up for pizza, she said.

Cangemi and Turange’s family created an online fundraiser (http://www.gofundme.com/AlbertforJayden) to ensure an education in Jayden’s future.

Nobody has been charged for the killing. Area South detectives are investigating.

Desmond Collins / Photo from Chicago Police

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Tiara Groves’ death was featured in a Chicago Magazine article last year, which focused on how authorities reclassify homicides -- which, in turn, skews crime statistics.

The 20-year-old’s family believes she was murdered.

And, indeed, Groves’ death was considered a murder until Dec. 18, 2013, when Chicago Police changed the matter from a homicide investigation to a noncriminal death investigation after the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined the cause of death to be a homicide by “unspecified means,” according to the magazine story.

On Friday, Groves’ neighbor along with a man who goes by the nickname “Wicked” appeared in court to face concealment of death charges tied to the Austin woman’s last days.

“They got away with murder,” Groves’ sister Kenyatta Groves said after Leondra Martin and Desmond Collins’ bond hearing.

Martin was caught on surveillance video arguing with Tiara Groves at Austin Liquors in Cicero on July 14, 2013 -- the last day Groves was seen alive, Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Karr said.

Martin allegedly admitted to detectives that after Groves overdosed, she had watched as Groves’ body was wrapped in a sheet and driven from a hotel in Cicero to a home before it was dumped in warehouse, in the 4600 block of West Arthington Street.

Groves’ naked, decomposed body was found nine days later, Karr said.

There was a loosely tied gag tied around Groves’ head and pieces of wire and a piece of skin next to her body, Karr said. A chair with similar wire was near Groves, Karr said.

Collins’ DNA matched the DNA found on the wires and Groves’ fingernails, Karr said.

The Medical Examiner concluded that the cause of death was “undetermined,” but that the manner of death was a homicide based on the condition of the body and the nature of surroundings where the body was found, Karr said.

Groves, who had heroin in her system, could have died from a drug overdose, but the Medical Examiner’s Office also said it could not rule out asphyxiation.

Collins, of the 1500 block of South Tripp Avenue, was arrested Wednesday.

Leondra Martin / Photo from Chicago Police

Martin, who had since moved to Waukesha, Wis., was arrested on a warrant the same day.

Collins, who has several felony convictions, also has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender for a 1995 case in which he tied a 10-year-old girl’s hand to a bedpost before assaulting her, Karr said.

Judge Maria Kuriakos Cecil ordered Collins, 38, held in lieu of $350,000 bond.

Martin, a 30-year-old mother of two, was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Groves’ mother and siblings, who were at Friday’s hearing, are upset that Martin and Collins aren’t facing more severe charges.

The family said Groves wasn’t a drug abuser and drank alcohol only for fun.

Although they didn’t know Collins, the family said they knew Martin; they said she had lived next door and always came over to eat.

When Groves disappeared, they said Martin pretended to be concerned.

“She would ask, ‘Did you all find her yet?’ knowing exactly where she was,” Kenyatta Groves said.

BY JORDAN OWEN
Sun-Times Media

Chicago Police released a video Sunday of two suspects in a Roseland shooting that killed 77-year-old Odell Branch Sr. and left three others wounded, including Branch's 5-year-old great-grandson and another 2-year-old boy.

The gunfire erupted about 6:40 p.m. March 9 in the 200 block of West 105th Street, police said. Branch and his 5-year-old great-grandson were inside his home when bullets came through the window, authorities said.

A police source said shooting was an exchange of gunfire was between two rival gangs when a small group on the street opened fire on Branch's teenage great-grandson. Some of the bullets instead went into the home and struck Branch and the child, authorities said.

Rival gang members then fired back at the group and struck a 34-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son as she attempted to place the boy inside a vehicle, the source said. Both were taken to Roseland Community Hospital.

Branch was shot in the head and died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.

The 5-year-old was shot in the arm and taken to Christ Medical Center, police said.

Police initially said several people were being questioned in connection with the shooting, but no charges were filed as of Sunday morning. A police source said the family is not cooperating with investigators.

Anyone with information about the suspects in the video is being asked to call Area South detectives at (312) 747-8271.

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the Portage Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon.

Giovanni Matos was walking with two friends in the 5800 block of West Patterson Avenue when a gray car pulled up and an argument ensued about 12:50 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

During the argument, a gunman exited the car and opened fire, police said.

Matos, of the 5500 block of West Henderson Street, was shot in the head and died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center hours later, authorities said.

Matos' friends ran away and were not injured, authorities said.

After the shooting, the gunman got back into the car, which drove away, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area North detectives are investigating the shooting as gang related after reports that gang slogans were yelled during the argument, police said.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Two men were killed in a drive-by shooting in the Austin neighborhood Sunday afternoon.

Andre Chatman, 23, and Carey Hollis, 28, were in a car traveling east in the 5800 block of West North Avenue when another vehicle pulled alongside and a gunman opened fire about 3:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Both men were struck by the gunfire, but the car was able to continue eastbound another block before crashing into a pole, police said.

Chatham and Hollis, who both lived in the 1000 block of North Mayfield Avenue, both died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Autopsies are scheduled for Monday to determine if the crash also played a role in the deaths.

Nobody has been charged for the killings.

Area North detectives are investigating.

BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor

Six men were fatally shot, one man was stabbed to death and a baby had her neck slashed with a saw in slayings throughout Chicago last week.

Four of the slayings happened over the weekend, when at least 24 other people were shot and wounded.

The most recent killings happened when 23-year-old Andre Chatman and 28-year-old Carey Hollis were shot while in a car in the 5800 block of West North Avenue in the Austin community about 3:45 p.m. Sunday, police said.

After the shooting, the wounded driver continued east and crashed about a block away, police said.

Chatham and Hollis, who both lived in the 1000 block of North Mayfield Avenue, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

In the Portage Park neighborhood, 16-year-old Giovanni Matos was shot in the head in the 5800 block of West Patterson Avenue during an argument with a group in a passing vehicle about 12:50 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Matos, of the 5500 block of West Henderson Street, died hours later at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center hours later, according to the medical examiner's office.

In the Albany Park neighborhood, a man in his 20s was found stabbed to death in an apartment in the 5000 block of North Harding Avenue about 4 a.m. Sunday, police said. The medical examiner's has not yet released his name.

On Monday, police found 26-year-old Larry Hardwin Jr. shot on a sidewalk in the 9200 block of South Ada Street in the Washington Heights community about 7:35 p.m., authorities said.

Hardwin, of the 1400 block of East 90th Street, was shot in the head and died at the scene, authorities said.

In the Roseland community, 77-year-old Odell Branch was fatally shot in the 200 block of West 105th Street about 6:30 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Branch was watching TV with his 5-year-old great-grandson when bullets came through a window, authorities said.

Branch was shot in the head and died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said. The 5-year-old was shot in the arm and also taken to Christ Medical Center, police said.

Branch’s granddaughter and 2-year-old great-granddaughter were also wounded as they attempted to enter a vehicle when the gunfire erupted, police said.

Nobody has been charged for the killing, but on Sunday police released surveillance video of the potential suspects.

In the Uptown neighborhood, 20-year-old Troy Phelon was shot in the chest in the 900 block of West Agatite Avenue about 2:55 p.m. Monday, authorities said.

Phelon, of the 300 block of South Kedzie Avenue, died at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The killing started when 52-year-old Manuela Rodriguez killed her 7-month-old granddaughter, Rose Herrera, in the 2800 block of South Avers Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood about 9:30 a.m. Monday, prosecutors said.

Rodriguez allegedly stuffed a sock deep down her 7-month-old granddaughter’s throat, bashed the infant’s head with a metal pipe wrench and used a motorized circular saw to slash the baby’s neck, chest and shoulder, prosecutors said.

Rodriguez, who cut her own throat, allegedly admitted to paramedics and detectives that she viciously attacked Rose Herrera because she wanted her to stop crying while she babysat, prosecutors said. She was charged with first-degree murder and was ordered held without bond.

Overall, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 60 Chicago deaths in 2015 a homicide.

Elijah Moore / Submitted photo

BY ASHLEE REZIN AND MITCH ARMENTROUT
Sun-Times Media

Elijah Moore and another man were fatally shot when gunfire erupted outside a Bucktown nightclub early Monday.

Security guards at Dolphin Chicago kicked out a group of men for fighting in the club, police said.

The group was standing outside on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of North Ashland Avenue when shots rang out, police said.

A 34-year-old man shot multiple times and a 41-year-old man shot in the chest died at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the fatalities, but their names were not released Monday morning.

A 26-year-old man shot in the left wrist was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment, police said.

Family identified the 41-year-old man as Elijah Moore.

Moore, who lived downtown, had three children, including a 7-year-old daughter, family said.

"He was a good man," said Moore's uncle, Thomas Gooch. "He took care of his kids, took care of his mom, worked hard. I’m numb."

Darris Kelly, a 33-year-old West Side man inside the club when the gunfire erupted, said between five and seven people got into a fight and were being removed when he heard at least seven gunshots.

"There was a fight, then we heard shots and everybody hit the floor," Kelly said. "It was definitely scary. Chicago is crazy."

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area North detectives are investigating.

Scene where two men were fatally shot / Photo by Ashlee Rezin

BY FRAN SPEILMAN AND ASHLEE REZIN
Chicago Sun-Times

Bucktown Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd) demanded Monday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration crack the whip against bars and nightclubs with a history of police complaints after a nightclub fight spilled out into the street and triggered the fatal shooting of two people.

The men got into a fight about 3:10 a.m. Monday inside Dolphin Chicago in the 2200 block of North Ashland Avenue and were escorted out of the club by security guards, according to police. They were standing in a crowd on the sidewalk outside when shots rang out.

Waguespack’s ward includes the Dolphin, a frequent target of neighbor complaints. The alderman wrote on his Facebook page that the nightclub, which holds a 4 a.m. liquor license, should have been closed long ago because it has been the target of chronic neighbor complaints.

“If Rahm and staff would do what they were asked several times, they would have pulled their license,” Waguespack wrote.

However, in a follow-up interview, Waguespack was far less pointed in his criticism of the Emanuel administration.

“I’m not holding him responsible for the shooting. That’s not what I’m saying. But he needs to tell his [liquor control] commissioner to drop the hammer on these places as best they can and not delay so we have more incidents like this,” Waguespack, who has endorsed Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, said Monday.

“The phones are ringing off the hook. People are calling extremely angry knowing this place has had constant problems. ... They’re wondering why they’ve had constant problems and the place is still not shut down. I’m just mad because I’ve asked these commissioners repeatedly to do their jobs and nothing happens. Then, we get another shooting, another deleterious impact hearing and still, nothing happens. [Emanuel] is not responsible. But, if we pushed people and really forced them to shut `em down — that’s where his commissioners have to step up.”

Mayoral spokesperson Elizabeth Langsdorf responded to Waguespack’s demand for a crackdown with an emailed statement promising to do just that.

“The city of Chicago has continued to actively enforce at the Dolphin and, based on the two homicides last night, will bring a new case against them seeking to shut them down,” Langsdorf wrote.

“The city was able to close the business in 2010, but per a court order it was allowed to reopen. Since the business was reopened, we have been unable to shut it down again because the Circuit Court has found the business to be in compliance, but we have continued to aggressively enforce against this establishment.”

City Hall sources said the Dolphin “was written up 14 times” since 2006 -- and fined an unspecified amount — for a host of violations that range from over-occupancy to operating after hours and failure to notify police of criminal conduct.

In the wake of Monday’s fatal shooting, the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection and Local Liquor Commissioner Greg Steadman are reviewing police reports to determine the path for charges that will be forwarded to the Law Department for filing with the License Discipline Commission. In addition to police citations, inspections will be scheduled by the Departments of Buildings and Public Health to ensure compliance.

Records show that Hodo Menetti, who is now deceased, and was the father of the current owner of the Dolphin, contributed $500 to Waguespack in November 2011.

The nightclub itself donated $2,000 to Waguespack in 2008.

Sam Menetti, current owner of the club, could not be reached for comment.

In Monday morning’s incident, one man, age 34, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body, and a 41-year-old man was shot in the chest. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the fatalities but no other details were released.

A 26-year-old man shot in the left wrist was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

The slain 41-year-old man was identified by family members as downtown Chicago resident Elijah Moore, a father to three children, including a 7-year-old daughter.

“He was a good man,” said Thomas Gooch, who said he was Moore’s uncle. “He took care of his kids, took care of his mom, worked hard… I’m numb.”

Darris Kelly, a 33-year-old West Side man who said he was inside the club, said between five and seven people got into a fight and were being removed when he heard at least seven gunshots ring out.

“There was a fight, then we heard shots and everybody hit the floor,” Kelly said. “It was definitely scary. Chicago is crazy.”

Waguespack disclosed that Emanuel approached him at a City Council meeting in August or September of last year about another bar in Waguespack’s ward with a 4 a.m. liquor license. At the time, the mayor was holding a note from an area resident demanding the immediate shut down of a late-night bar in Roscoe Village.

On that day, Waguespack said he brought up three places, including Dolphin, and asked the mayor to crack the regulatory whip.

“I specifically said, `Tell your commissioner to get these places in order.’ What we wanted to do was get the hearings going and have the liquor commissioner hold the hearings to shut these places down. The work had already been done by police. If you look at the record on this place and other late-night bars, police are constantly responding and neighbors are saying, `What does it take–for someone to get shot to close this place down?’ ” Waguespack said.

Elijah Moore / Submitted photo

Waguespack noted that the city’s so-called “public nuisance ordinance” allows three violent acts within 12 months before an operator can have his or her license revoked.

“Strictly enforce the code or strengthen the code to shut these places down or rein them in. We’re losing police resources because they have to focus on these places all the time and the neighbors bear the brunt of all the problems: shootings, stabbings, fights, garbage–all of the quality-of-life issues,” the alderman said.

During City Council budget hearings last fall, aldermen put Liquor Commissioner Greg Steadman on the hot seat about problem bars and their impact on area residents.

Waguespack was among the aldermen complaining on that day. But, he was not the only one. He was joined by a parade of colleagues, including downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) and by retiring Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd).

Fioretti finished fourth in the Feb. 24 mayoral election with Waguespack’s support. In Round 2, Waguespack, a leader of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus, made the switch to Garcia.

-- Contributing: Mitch Armentrout

Gabriel Guardiola / Photo from Chicago Police

BY LEEANN SHELTON
Sun-Times Media

Gabriel Guardiola was sentenced to more than 50 years in prison Monday for the murder of a friend who refused to get into a car with him after a night of partying.

Guardiola, 38, had been convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Cicero resident Ricardo Rivera on Feb. 24, 2013. On Monday, Judge Joseph M. Claps sentenced him to 55 years in prison, according to court records.

He will receive credit for more than two years spent behind bars while awaiting trail, according to court records.

Prosecutors said the pair belonged to the same motorcycle club, and Guardiola had picked up Rivera hours earlier so they could go to a strip club.

After leaving the club, Guardiola got into his car as Rivera walked ahead down the street, prosecutors said.

Guardiola told his friend to get into his car, and eventually called a mutual friend where he said what he would do to Rivera if Rivera kept walking along Cicero Avenue, prosecutors said.

Rivera, 31, called the same friend before walking to a parking lot in the 100 block of South Cicero Avenue, where Guardiola got out of his car, shot Rivera in the head and drove away, prosecutors said.

Rivera, of the 4900 block of West 23rd Place in Cicero, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Surveillance cameras captured Guardiola firing the weapon, prosecutors said.

Ricardo Rivera

Police allegedly found a gun in Guardiola’s residence in the 1500 block of North Monticello Avenue and gunshot residue on his clothing, prosecutors said.

At the time of his arrest, Guardiola was a married father of six and worked as a custodian at Lane Tech College Prep, according to a public defender.

Talal Aljohani was stabbed to death in the Albany Park neighborhood early Sunday.

Officers found 19-year-old Aljohani stabbed inside an apartment in the 5000 block of North Harding Avenue about 4 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Aljohani, who lived on the block, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which determined he died from a stab wound to the abdomen and ruled his death a homicide.

Police said Aljohani was stabbed during an argument with a family member.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area North detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire, Network Video Productions

Elijah Moore, 41, was fatally shot March 16 outside the Dolphin Chicago nightclub in Bucktown. Reader "Bless You All" posted this about him:

May God bless his family. I grew up with his boys and my older siblings grew up with him. Their father was very quite. He always kept a smile on his face dress very nice, As well as his boys. So my condolences to his two boys and his little girl may God bless you all Big E will be missed.

Juan Warrior was found shot to death in the Chatham neighborhood early Thursday.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired found Warrior shot multiple times in the 8100 block of South Normal Avenue about 12:30 a.m., authorities said.

Warrior, 43, of the 6500 block of South Wolcott Avenue, was shot in the chest and side and died at the scene authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire, Network Video Productions

Abdullah Aljohani / Photo from Chicago Police

BY REEMA AMIN
Sun-Times Media

Abdullah Aljohani was ordered held without bond Thursday after prosecutors claim he stabbed a relative to death early Sunday in their Albany Park home.

Aljohani, 27, was charged with first-degree murder in the early Sunday stabbing death of relative Talal Aljohani, authorities said.

Assistant State's Attorney Akash Vyas said a neighbor heard the men, who are "often referred to as brothers," fighting in their home in the 5000 block of North Harding Avenue about 4 a.m. Sunday.

The neighbor went to check on the brothers, but Abdullah Aljohani said everything was fine and shut the door before the neighbor could speak, Vyas said.

When the neighbor came back later, and Abdullah Aljohani said Talal Aljohani was using the bathroom even though the neighbor could see the bathroom was empty, Vyas said.

When the neighbor demanded to see 19-year-old Abdullah Aljohani, Abdullah Aljohani shut the door, Vyas said.

The neighbor then called 911, but when police arrived Abdullah Aljohani only opened the door slightly, said everything was fine and shut the door, Vyas said.

The officers tried knocking again for several minutes but no one responded, prosecutors said.

Officers then went to the back of the building and found the garage door, back gate and back door “wide open,” Vyas said.

The officers went inside and found Talal Aljohani stabbed to death on a mattress, Vyas said. Police recovered a knife next to his body.

By the time police found the body, Abdullah Aljohani had fled to a friend’s home, where he asked for money and clothing, Vyas said.

Abdullah Aljohani told the friend that “he was in trouble” and was running from the police, according to Vyas, who said noted Abdullah Aljohani left his passport at home.

Police issued a warrant for Abdullah Aljohani’s arrest and officers found him walking iwth his fiance's brother in the 4000 block of West Lawrence Avenue on Tuesday, Vyas said.

When spotted by police, Abdullah Aljohani attempted to run away but was arrested a short time later, according to Vyas, who said Abdullah Aljohani was wearing bloody clothing when arrested.

Vyas claimed Abdullah Aljohani admitted to his fiance’s brother that he cut Talal Aljohani with a knife.

Officers later found Talal Aljohani’s phone, wallet and an ID in the fiance’s brother’s bedroom, Vyas said.

A public defender said Abdullah Aljohani moved to the United States in 2013 from Saudi Arabia and has no intention to returning. He is enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University, where he is taking English classes.

Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Abdullah Aljohani held without bond and issued a next court date of April 7.

-- Network Video Productions

Joseph Burdine was fatally shot in the Ashburn neighborhood Thursday morning.

Burdine, 24, was shot shot several times in the back in the 7900 block of South Kedzie Avenue about 11:10 a.m., authorities said.

Burdine, of the 8000 block of South Troy Street, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Fabain Echevarria was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Thursday night.

Emergency personnel found Echevarria shot in the head inside a vehicle in the 900 block of North Mozart Street about 8 p.m., authorities said.

Echevarria, 24, who lived on the block, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area Central detectives are investigating if the killing is gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

James White was fatally shot at an Austin neighborhood gas station early Thursday.

White, 30, was at the station in the 100 block of South Cicero Avenue when a gunman walked up and shot him multiple times about 2 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

White, of the 100 block of North Kostner Avenue, was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area North detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire, Network Video Productions

Terrell Foster was shot to death in the South Chicago neighborhood Friday afternoon.

Foster, 21, was standing on the street in the 8100 block of South Houston Avenue when a gray SUV pulled up and a gunman shot him in the head about 4:30 p.m., authorities said.

Foster, of the 8000 block of South Exchange Avenue, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Alexander Colon was shot to death in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Saturday afternoon.

Officers responding to a report of shots fired found 30-year-old Alexander Colon unresponsive on the back porch of a home in the 8800 block of South Wood Street about 12:30 p.m., authorities said.

Colon, who lived on the block, was shot in the chest and died at the scene, authorities said.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating if the shooting was gang related.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire

Delia Colunga has died after being shot in the head in the East Side community Saturday night.

Colunga, 23, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling near East 109th Street and South Green Bay Avenue when a gunman behind the vehicle opened fire about 7:05 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Colunga, of the 600 block of East 65th Street, was shot in the head and the driver took her to Advocate Trinity Hospital, authorities said.

She was transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she died at 9:53 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Nobody has been charged for the killing.

Area South detectives are investigating.

-- Sun-Times Media Wire