By JEFF MAYES
Chicago Sun-Times Wire
At least 15 died in Chicago violence last week, including a woman shot to death by her cousin as the two women argued over the Far South Side apartment they shared being too mess, and a man stabbed to death by a friend as they did drugs on the South Side.
The week's killing pushed the city's homicide total past the 600 mark for the year, with the Chicago Sun-Times Wire counting 611 as of Sunday night.
The domestic slaying happened Tuesday evening in the Eden Green neighborhood; and led to Tiera Graves, 28, being charged with first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police.
Graves and her cousin, 21-year-old Marilyn Duffie, were arguing about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of East 130th Street when Graves shot Duffie in the chest, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Duffie was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead two hours later.
Prosecutors said the cousins were apparently arguing over the messy apartment they shared, and over Duffie's conduct around Graves' child. Graves was ordered held on a $1 million bond.
- In the other murder involving acquaintances, a 37-year-old was charged with fatally stabbing another man inside a Woodlawn neighborhood apartment where they were doing drugs with the victim's girlfriend Sunday morning, according to prosecutors. About 8:15 a.m., Jacob Shelton got into an argument with 45-year-old Lucius Delaney inside the older man’s home in the 6600 block of South Vernon, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Shelton used a knife to stab Delaney in the chest, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The attack stemmed from a domestic fight, police said. Shelton was arrested after the stabbing and faces first-degree murder charges. He is being held on a $2 million bond.
- In the week's final homicide, a northwest Indiana man died Sunday afternoon, after being shot multiple times Saturday night in Gresham. Taiwan Fox, 18, was found unresponsive about 11:40 p.m. on the sidewalk in the 1100 block of West 81st Street with gunshot wounds to the back, neck and groin, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Fox, of Gary, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 3:44 p.m. Sunday.
- A man was found shot to death earlier Sunday in Little Village. Just before 5 a.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired found 29-year-old Jason Balboa lying on the ground in the 2800 block of South Pulaski, according to authorities. Balboa had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and torso, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about four hours later.
- A man was fatally shot early Sunday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood. Officers responding about 3:05 a.m. to a call of a person shot in the 2400 block of West Lexington found the 23-year-old man lying on the ground, suffering from gunshot wounds to the back, according to police. Rashad Xavier Collins-Baker was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
- A 27-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday in Rogers Park. Jonathan Sanchez walked out of the back door of his apartment in the 7300 block of North Sheridan, and when he returned at 1:50 a.m., he told friends that he’d been shot, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Sanchez was shot in the back, and was taken to Presence Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead two hours later. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
- A man was shot to death Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood. Giovanni Galvan, 20, was standing on the sidewalk about 10:15 a.m. in the 3100 block of West 24th when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired at him, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The vehicle then drove away. Galvan was shot in the chest, abdomen, back and arm; and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- A 37-year-old man was found shot to death early Saturday in a West Garfield Park alley. Officers discovered Sentwali Davis with multiple gunshot wounds to the head about 1:40 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Wilcox, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A man was fatally shot Wednesday evening in Bronzeville. Christopher Walters, 24, was shot in the shoulder and leg at 6:54 p.m. in the 4700 block of South Prairie, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Walters was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- A 39-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday evening in Back of the Yards. Alejandro Morales was shot in the right side of the torso at 7:23 p.m. in the 4300 block of South Paulina, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Morales was taken to University of Illinois Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- A 22-year-old man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in East Side. Luis Romero was outside in the 9400 block of South Ewing about 4:45 p.m. when he heard shots and realized he’d been hit in the chest, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Romero was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about two hours later.
- A man was shot to death Tuesday morning in West Pullman. Jamar Robinson, 23, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest at 6:58 a.m. in the 700 block of West 117th Place, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Robinson, a Harvey resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A man was shot to death Monday night in Englewood. About 10:40 p.m., 24-year-old Ronald McBee was involved in a fight over a gun with another male in the 7300 block of South Morgan. The other person eventually gained control of the weapon and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. McBee suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hour later.
- Timothy Agnew was killed and four other people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously wounded in a West Englewood shooting Monday night on a South Side block that was the scene of a similar mass shooting just over a year earlier. The group was standing in the front yard of a home at 8:50 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Winchester when another group walked up and started shooting, according to police.
Agnew, 28, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:18 p.m., according to police and the medical examiner’s office. A 13-year-old boy suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the right thigh and was taken in critical condition to Comer Children’s Hospital.
A 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the left leg; and a 30-year-old man with gunshot wounds to the left leg and buttocks, were both taken to Stroger Hospital, according to police. Their conditions were stabilized. The fifth victim, a 34-year-old man, was shot in the right leg, right hand and shoulder, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition was stabilized.
In August 2015, four men were wounded in a shooting on the same block, the Sun-Times Wire reported. And less than a week later, two teenage boys were shot on the same block. None of those victims suffered life-threatening injuries.
- A 25-year-old man died about 15 hours after he was shot Sunday night in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side. Gregory Dion Tucker Jr. was driving south in the 4500 block of North Hazel at 8:35 p.m. when someone fired shots, striking him in the head, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Tucker was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:41 a.m. Monday, according to a family member.
Another man was shot to death in Lawndale just about an hour earlier, police said. About 2:10 a.m., officers saw shots fired in the 1500 block of South Christiana, where a man was shot in the chest. Isaiah Hurley, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the medical examiner’s office said. Officers spotted several people leaving the scene of the shooting and a foot pursuit ensued, police said. Two people were taken into custody, but they were released without charges being filed.