Devonte Terry was shot to death early Wednesday near his home in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said.

Terry, 20, was shot in the back and found unresponsive in the 5600 block of South Artesian at 12:44 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Police said the victim was 19.

Terry, who lived in the same block, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Kevin Ross was found shot to death in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side Monday night.

Ross, 35, was discovered about 7 p.m. in the 9200 block of South Aberdeen, shot several times in the head and chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Ross, of the 9200 block of South May, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.

An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death in Bridgeport Wednesday night. | Sam Charles/Sun-Times

17-year-old Jeremy Salinas was shot to death while retrieving his stolen bicycle Wednesday night in the Bridgeport neighborhood, according to witnesses at the scene.

Salinas was shot about 8:35 p.m. in the 900 block of West 32nd Place, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Salinas, who lived in the 1200 block of West 31st Place, was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:55 p.m., authorities said.

Witnesses said he was retrieving his bicycle, which had been stolen earlier in the day, when he was shot. The teen was with four other people when he was shot, one witness said.

About three dozen people gathered on the east side of the intersection of 32nd Place and Halsted, many crying and saying they were friends or family of the dead teen. Nearby fireworks could be heard every few minutes.

A group of about 12 people became upset with police as investigators processed the scene, asking why the teen’s body was not taken away by an ambulance and instead left at the scene.

One officer gathered them on the northeast corner of 32nd Place and Halsted, and told them emergency personnel could not have saved him.

“When you see that ambulance not make a move, it’s because they can’t do anything. Whatever happened has happened. We can’t change it. It’s not that we’re not doing anything; we’re trying to do something,” he said. “If you know more to the story than we know, then please step forward and say something.”

Detectives are investigating whether the incident was gang-related.

Wednesday night’s homicide was Bridgeport’s third since May 22.

By LUKE WILUSZ
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

A gang member already in custody for a 2012 murder is now the second person to be charged with robbing and killing 68-year-old Cayetano Sandoval as he was returning home from work in Logan Square in late 2013.

Mario Ortega | Cook County sheriff's office

Mario Ortega, 20; and Joshua Johnson, 23, approached Sandoval after he parked his car in the 1900 block of North Spaulding Avenue around 2 a.m. on Dec. 12, 2013, coming home from his job at a bakery, according to Cook County court documents. Prosecutors said Ortega, also known as “King Krazy,” and Johnson are both Latin Kings.

Ortega ran up behind Sandoval and began to punch him repeatedly “without provocation” while Johnson held him down and went through his pockets, according to prosecutors. Witnesses reported hearing Sandoval screaming for help.

After he finished beating Sandoval, Ortega stood over the man–who was “still lying on the ground writhing in pain”–and fired several shots at him, prosecutors said. Sandoval was struck four times in the chest and body.

Joshua Johnson | Cook County sheriff's office

He is now charged with the murder and attempted armed robbery of Sandoval, according to prosecutors.

Johnson was charged with murder and attempted robbery last month when he appeared in court in Rolling Meadows on an unrelated case, the Chicago Sun-Times reported at the time.

A person who personally knows both suspects witnessed the shooting from a parked car nearby and identified Ortega and Johnson, prosecutors said. The crime was also captured on surveillance video from a local bar.

Cayetano Sandoval

Both men are being held without bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. Johnson was expected to appear in court Friday, while Ortega’s next court date is scheduled for July 9 in Skokie.

Abdula Tate of south suburban Dolton man was shot to death in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side early Friday.

Abdula Tate

Tate, who lived in the 14600 block of Greenwood Road in Dolton, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the medical examiner’s office said.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Dennis Hoosier of Midlothian man was shot and killed in a possible domestic-related incident early Friday in the O’Hare neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Hoosier, 23, was shot several times about 12:45 a.m. following an altercation with another man, 22, inside an apartment complex in the 8500 block of West Bryn Mawr, according to police at the scene and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hoosier, who lived in the 14700 block of Kilpatrick Avenue in Midlothian, was pronounced dead at the scene and the other man was taken into custody, authorities said. No charges had been filed early Friday.

The scene of the shooting early Friday | George Slefo/Sun-Times

An officer at the scene said the area is usually very quiet.

“We don’t get called up here often,” he said. “Nothing happens here.”

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Benson Collins was shot and killed in the West Side Austin neighborhood Friday morning, though police say he was not the shooter's intended target.

Collins, 55, was walking in the 1000 block of North Leamington about 11 a.m. when someone in a black vehicle drove by and fired shots, striking him in the chest and arm, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Collins, of the 4800 block of West Cortland, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he later died, the medical examiner’s office said.

He was not the intended target, and the shooting appears to be drug-related, a police source said.

Devonte Dotson has been charged with the fatal shooting of Dennis Hoosier of Midlothian during a fight inside an apartment complex early Friday near O’Hare International Airport on the Northwest Side.

Dotson, 21, faces one count of first-degree murder in connection with the 12:45 a.m. shooting in the 8500 block of West Bryn Mawr, according to a statement from Chicago Police.

Dotson was identified as the person who shot 23-year-old Dennis Hoosier multiple times during a fight inside the apartment complex, authorities said.

Devonte Dotson | Chicago Police

Dotson, who lives on the same block of the shooting, was ordered held on a $1 million bond Saturday, according to the Cook County sheriff's office. He will next appear in court Monday.

The apartment complex is one of many that are surrounded by hotels, corporate offices and restaurants.

An officer at the scene said the area is usually very quiet.

“We don’t get called up here often,” he said. “Nothing happens here.”

Kelly Burrell was killed and a man was injured in a shooting early Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Burrell, 23, and the 20-year-old man were on a porch in the 7300 block of South Green at 2:50 a.m. when a light-colored vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Both were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.

Burrell was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said. She lived in the same block where she was shot, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and a graze wound to the abdomen and his condition was stabilized, according to police.

By REEMA AMIN
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

David Martinez Jr. was killed and another man was wounded in a drive-by shooting early Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The two men were standing on the corner in the 4400 block of South Honore about 12:30 a.m. when a red SUV and a light car pulled up and the occupants fired shots, police said.

Martinez, 40, of the 4500 block of South Washtenaw, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A 38-year-old man was shot in the neck and taken to Stroger Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said.

People who knew Martinez gathered under sheets of rain at the scene, some arguing with police about why his body was still on scene an hour after the shooting.

“You don’t know how big that bullet hole is. His heart could save someone,” a crying woman told a police officer behind crime scene tape. “His lungs could save someone, his liver.”

Friends of Martinez said he had been released from a three-year prison stint a couple months ago.

Carmen Galzan, 37, said she had grown up with the victim in the neighborhood and described him as a “silly” and “funny” friend. She said he had been gang-affiliated since he was a kid.

“He just came out of jail, and he was just tired,” Galzan said. “He was just tired of living this life.”

Galzan saw the man two weeks ago and had suggested he come to their local church, which she said had helped some other friends leave behind gang life. She wasn’t expecting to get a call from him Wednesday showing interest in the service — the same man who would “make fun of us when we tried to preach him” about straightening up.

“I didn’t think he had really acknowledged what I had told him about coming to church with me,” Galzan said. “When he called me on Wednesday night, it was a really nice feeling because he was like, ‘Hey Carmen, remember the church you told me about? How about if I go with you and we could hang out?’”

He called her before the service started on Wednesday night to say he would be late, Galzan said, but he never showed up. She suspects “he got caught up drinking” or hanging out with old friends.

She said she was going to call him Sunday to check up on him.

He left behind a 12-year-old daughter, Galzan said. She said her neighborhood has been praying for him.

As Galzan spoke under a porch to avoid the downpour, a sobbing woman approached police, screaming to be let through the tape to the body. Officers held her back to console her.

Galzan said it was unfortunate her friend didn’t get the message on time that life could be better, but then stopped herself.

“Actually, he did get the message on time, but he didn’t get to be saved on time.”

By MITCH ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Arieus Fitch of South Shore man has been charged with fatally shooting Raheem Dameron and wounding another teenage boy over the Memorial Day weekend in Bronzeville.

Fitch, 20, faces a first-degree murder charge for the attack that happened about 8:20 p.m. on May 24 in the 4400 block of South Cottage Grove, Chicago Police announced Sunday morning.

Prosecutors said Fitch was seeking revenge for an earlier shooting.

The boys, ages 14 and 15, were outside when someone fired shots from a light-colored sedan, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

Arieus Fitch | Chicago Police

The older boy, later identified as Dameron, was dead at the scene with gunshot wounds to the back, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Dameron lived in the 5600 block of South Justine, authorities said.

The younger boy was shot in the ankle and taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition stabilized, police said.

Fitch was denied bond during a court hearing Sunday. He was next scheduled to appear in court Monday.

The two boys were among 12 people killed and at least 43 others wounded during a bloody Memorial Day weekend.

Clifton Frye has died of gunshot wounds that prosecutors said he suffered at the hand of a teenager upset by the man’s disparaging Facebook comments about recently slain rapper Young Pappy.

The rapper, whose real name is Shaquon Thomas, was gunned down on early May 29 in Uptown. Four days later, 17-year-old Germel Dossie allegedly shot Frye over the remarks Frye made about the rapper on the social media site, Cook County prosecutors said at a bond hearing for Dossie on Thursday.

Assistant State’s Attorney Akash Vyas didn’t say when or what 22-year-old Frye had written on Facebook.

Frye died at 4:45 p.m. Saturday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 1400 block of West Farwell, authorities said.

Dossie had asked his friend to drive to the Rogers Park neighborhood as an apparent getaway driver on the afternoon of June 1. Dossie accosted Frye while he was walking in the 7600 block on North Ashland Avenue, authorities said.

Dossie’s friend, who had parked near an alley, heard three to four shots and then saw Dossie jump back into the car with a gun following the shooting, Vyas said.

Dossie demanded that his friend drive away and asked to be dropped off near Glenwood and Pratt, Vyas said.

Surveillance video captured an armed Dossie running from an alley towards Frye and shooting, Vyas said.

The footage also caught the license plate of the car Dossie was in.

Dossie was arrested on Tuesday after police officers saw him get out of an Albany Park apartment and into a car. They followed and arrested him in the 3900 block of West Montrose Avenue.

Dossie is a sophomore at Truman High School, Assistant Public Defender Sandra Bennewitz said in court.

He is also a member of the Insane Cutthroat Gangsters, a faction of the Gangster Disciples, according to his arrest report.

Judge Donald Panarese Jr. ordered Dossie held in lieu of $1 million bail Thursday for attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Details on upgraded charges after Frye’s death weren’t immediately available Sunday.

Young Pappy was not signed to a record label, but his song “Killa” and “Fanteo Freestyle,” has thousands of views on YouTube.

The 19-year-old had previously been the intended target in at least two shootings that left bystanders dead before he was killed on May 29th.

—Chicago Sun Times staff

Byron Floyd was killed and two other men were wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood, police said.

The men were standing in the 900 block of North Lorel about 6:20 p.m. when an armed male walked up and fired numerous shots, police said.

Floyd, 31, of the 5500 block of West Cortland, was shot in the side and back and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

A 36-year-old man was shot multiple times and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition, police said.

A third man, 31, was shot in the right leg and taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition stabilized.

Detectives are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related, according to a police source.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By TRISTAN SIMS and JARED LANDSMAN
Homicide Watch Chicago

At least 12 people were killed by violence throughout Chicago last week, eleven of them fatally shot.

The latest homicide, for which a man is in custody, was a fatal stabbing outside a Target in the North Side Uptown neighborhood Sunday night.

The victim, described only as an adult, was stabbed in the neck at 9:45 p.m. during an argument in the 4400 block of North Broadway, police said. He died at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

In a tweet late Sunday, Ald. James Cappleman said the fight happened over selling socks outside the Target. He called the killing "senseless."

Sunday evening, 31-year-old Byron Floyd was standing on the 900 Block of North Laurel when he was shot in the side and back, and was pronounced dead after being taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to the police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Floyd, of the 5500 block of West Cortland, was with two other men about 6:20 p.m. when the shots were fired. A 36-year-old man was shot multiple times and was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said. A third man, 31, was shot in the right leg and was taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, where his condition stabilized.

Earlier Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, 40-year-old David Martinez Jr. was shot in the head and pronounced dead on the scene in a drive-by on the corner in the 4400 block of South Honore, police said.

Martinez, of the 4500 block of South Washtenaw, was with another man, who was wounded and taken to Stroger hospital, where his condition was stabilized.

On Saturday, 23-year-old Kelly Burrell was shot while standing on a porch in the Englewood neighborhood, authorities said.

Burrell, who lived on the 7300 block of South Green, where the shootings occurred, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and a graze wound to the abdomen.

They were on a porch at 2:50 a.m. when a light-colored vehicle drove up and someone inside fired shots, police and the medical examiner’s office said.

Two killings happened about 15 minutes apart Friday night. On the South Side, 38-year-old Abdula Tate of Dolton was critically injured in a shooting in the Bronzeville neighborhood about 1 a.m.

Tate, who lived in the 14600 block of Greenwood Road in the south suburb, was shot in the chest and abdomen in the 4200 block of South Calumet, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Fifteen minutes earlier, 23-year-old Dennis Hoosier of Midlothian was shot about 12:45 a.m. in an apartment complex in the 8500 block of West Bryn Mawr in the O’Hare area on the Northwest Side.

Hoosier was shot following a dispute with another man in the same complex. On Saturday, 21-year-old Devonte Dotson was charged with the murder. Dotson, who lived on the block where the shooting occurred, was ordered held on a $1 million bond.

Earlier Friday, Benson Collins was walking in the 1000 block of North Leamington at about 11 a.m. when someone in a vehicle fired shots, striking him in the chest and arm. He was not the intended target, a police source said.

Collins, of the 4800 block of West Cortland, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the medical examiner’s office said.

A 26-year-old man was fatally shot in the head and neck on Thursday afternoon, police said. The victim, who had not been identified as of Monday morning, was discovered in the 3500 block of South Western and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

On Wednesday night, 17-year-old Jeremy Salinas was shot to death in an attempt to retrieve his bicycle, which had been stolen earlier in the Bridgeport neighborhood.

Salinas was shot about 8:35 p.m. in the 900 block of West 32nd Place, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

On Wednesday afternoon, Arkeem E. Shepherd, 22, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the 3000 block of West 63rd Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

Shepherd, of the 1200 block of West 71st Place, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

Earlier that day, Devonte Terry was shot near his home in the Gage Park community on the Southwest Side, police said.

The 19-year-old was shot in the back and found unresponsive in the 5600 block of South Artesian at 12:44 a.m. Terry was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office said.

On Monday around 7 p.m., 35-year-old Kevin Ross was shot in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South side.

Ross was discovered with several shots in the head and chest in the 9200 block of South Aberdeen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ross was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 7:52 p.m. according to the medical examiner’s office.

So far in 2015, the medical examiner’s office has ruled at least 193 Chicago deaths as homicides, including one person fatally shot by police.

Arkeem E. Shepherd died Thursday afternoon, more than 24 hours after he was shot in the Southwest Side Chicago Lawn neighborhood.

Shepherd, 22, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head at 12:54 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of West 63rd Street, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Shepherd, of the 1200 block of West 71st Place, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

— Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Marquis Chamberlain died last week, nearly a month after being shot in the Roseland neighborhood, the same shooting that killed two other men, both of whom were driving home after registering for college.

Chamberlain, 19, was one of three people shot May 13 in the 200 block of West 107th Place, authorities said.

Chamberlain, Shamari Salter and Terrence Canady were in a vehicle about 8 p.m. when another vehicle pulled alongside and someone started shooting, authorities said.

Chamberlain, of the 11400 block of South Parnell, was shot in the chest and was initially taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, authorities said.

He died Wednesday, June 10, at Kindred Hospital of complications from the gunshot wound, the medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

The other two men, who died at the scene, were driving home from college registration at the time of the shooting, relatives told Homicide Watch Chicago.

The good friends, both 19, had planned to attend Parkland College in Champaign in the fall, relatives said.

Salter’s aunt, the Rev. Franshonn Salter, said she last saw her nephew at a birthday celebration for his brother, Schiquille Salter, who was fatally shot last Fourth of July weekend.

“[Shamari Salter] had a mind of his own,” Franshonn Salter said. “He wasn’t influenced by people — he influenced them.”

Franshonn Salter said her nephew, who had a 2-year-old daughter, was an aspiring musician.

No one was in custody for the shootings as of Monday afternoon.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire and Homicide Watch Chicago

Arthur Wyatt, whose body was found inside a dumpster that had been set on fire Saturday night in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood, was beaten to death, an autopsy has shown.

Firefighters responded to a fire in a dumpster in the alley of the 4200 block of South Kedzie about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and found a body inside after the blaze was extinguished, Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said.

He was identified as the 55-year-old Wyatt, of the 4500 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

An autopsy found he died of blunt trauma to the head from an assault, and his death was ruled a homicide, the medical examiner's office said.

The Chicago Fire Department Office of Fire Investigation Division and Area Central detectives are investigating.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN
Chicago Sun-Times

A homeless man told police he stabbed to death Thomas Sawyer to death because he thought the other homeless man was going to urinate in his makeshift home in an Uptown bus shelter, Cook County prosecutors said.

Ross Feiwell, who stumbled into court mumbling to himself Tuesday, was caught killing Sawyer, 49, on surveillance cameras from a Target store in the 4400 block of North Broadway, Assistant State's Attorney Enrique Abraham said.

"Lies," Feiwell, 58, said as Abraham described how Feiwell allegedly killed his rival Sunday night.

Ross Feiwell | Chicago Police

Feiwell, armed with a metal chain, warned Sawyer to "steer clear" before the two men started fighting around the bus shelter, Abraham said.

After Feiwell was able to move the wooden stick away from Sawyer, he allegedly stabbed him in the neck. Feiwell then hit Sawyer with the stick while he was on the ground lying in a pool of blood, Abraham said.

Feiwell wiped the blood from the knife and put the knife in his suitcase, Abraham said. Police arrived and recovered all the weapons and a bloody rag, he said.

"I was protecting my house," Feiwell allegedly told police. "He was going to piss in my house."

Feiwell was convicted of attempted murder in 1986 for hitting a house guest with a hatchet and trying to strangle him. He also was convicted of trying to escape from custody while awaiting for trial on that case.

When Abraham detailed how Feiwell attacked his previous victim and stole his Cadillac, Rolex watch and $200, Feiwell screamed out, "It was a homosexual sex game!"

Feiwell, who was dressed in a paper gown, believes the "Illuminati" are after him and is seeking a Rabbi to help him, assistant public defender Marijane Placek said.

Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered Feiwell held without bail. The judge also ordered Feiwell be treated at Cermak Hospital while in custody. "I will be judged by a higher power," Feiwell told Bourgeois.

Feiwell also made a mention of Anita Hill and Kathy Bates' performance in the film "Misery."

As he was being led away by sheriff's deputies after his hearing, Feiwell accused another assistant public defender of being the devil and a member of the Illuminati.

Martese Gentry was shot and killed as he watched a fight Tuesday evening in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The 15-year-old was watching a fight between two girls about 5:35 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Millard when a gunman approached and opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The boy was shot in the chest and abdomen.

Gentry, of the 800 block of South Kedzie, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m., authorities said.

No one was in custody as of Wednesday morning.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Lawrence M. Cox was talking to someone in car when he was fatally shot Tuesday night in the North Lawndale neighborhood om the West Side.

The 29-year-old was inside a vehicle talking to someone in the 3400 block of West Madison about 10:05 p.m. when a gunman approached and opened fire, striking Cox in the side of his abdomen, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Lawrence M. Cox

Detectives are investigating whether the shooting may have been gang-related.

—Chicago Sun-Times Wire