At least 12 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week.
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A man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. Delvon Weston, 18, was sitting in a parked vehicle at 2:03 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Marshfield when someone fired shots from a dark-colored SUV, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The SUV then drove away north on Marshfield. Weston suffered several shots to the chest and took himself to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 2:22 p.m., authorities said.
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A man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. At 1:52 p.m., 37-year-old Rickey J. King was with a group when someone opened fire from across the the street in the 3800 block of West Adams, according to police and the medical examiner's office. The shooter the ran away southbound. King was shot in the head and was pronounced at the scene.
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One man was killed and another wounded in a Homan Square neighborhood shooting early Sunday on the West Side. The men were seated in a parked vehicle at 2:38 a.m. in the 3400 block of West Harrison when a silver car stopped in front of them, two males wearing hooded sweatshirts exited the car, and both opened fire, according to police.
Erik Peoples, 30, suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body, and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. The other man, 31, was shot in the right arm and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition was stabilized.
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A man was killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood. Witnesses told police they saw two men get into a fight and heard a gunshot at 3:38 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Kenwood, according to police. Gregory Thomas-Bell, 56, was shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.
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A man was killed and five more people were wounded when two gunmen opened fire outside a house party in the South Chicago neighborhood early Saturday. It happened about 2:15 a.m. in the 8800 block of South Exchange, according to police. Community activist Andrew Holmes said people at the party jumped from a second-floor porch and windows after two people started shooting.
Dequan M. Barnett, 18, was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office. A 20-year-old man shot in the groin was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, along with a 21-year-old man with an arm wound whose condition was stabilized, police said.
A 25-year-old woman was taken to Stroger Hospital with a graze wound to the head; a 22-year-old man shot in the hand went to Trinity Hospital; and a 23-year-old man shot in the arm went to the University of Chicago Medical Center. Their conditions were stabilized.
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A 16-year-old boy died Friday night after he was shot multiple times in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. Diego Alvarado was outside about 6:40 p.m. near his home in the 4800 block of South Throop when he heard gunfire and was hit in the back, groin and arm, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Alvarado was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:32 p.m.
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A 24-year-old man died after he was shot during a robbery Friday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Two people walked up to Thomas Smith shortly before 2 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Lowe, demanded his things and then shot him in the abdomen, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Smith died at Stroger Hospital at 4:30 p.m., authorities said.
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A man was shot and killed by Chicago Police officers, who saw him shoot two other people, one fatally, early Friday in the Homan Square neighborhood on the West Side. Harrison District officers heard gunfire while on patrol about 12:25 a.m. and saw someone standing over another person and firing a gun near the intersection of Harrison and Central Park Avenue, CPD First Deputy Supt. Kevin Navarro told reporters at the scene.
The officers got out of their squad car, “engaged the offender” and fatally shot him, according to Navarro, who said the person had shot two other people, one of whom died. The other was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.
The person shot by police was identified as 37-year-old Cleotha Mitchell of the 1300 block of South California, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The man allegedly shot by Mitchell was identified as 35-year-old Jeffery J. Banks. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
A weapon was recovered and the Independent Police Review Authority is investigating. The officers, who were not hurt, will be placed on desk duty for 30 days, per CPD policy, police said.
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One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting early Wednesday morning in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The men were standing in the street at 2:14 a.m. Wednesday in the 4100 block of West 47th Street when a male fired shots from a gangway, according to police.
Moises Antonio Gonzalez, 25, was shot in the chest, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at at 2:53 a.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. A 22-year-old man was also shot in the chest and taken to Mount Sinai in serious condition, police said.
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A 20-year-old man was gunned down Tuesday evening in a West Garfield Park neighborhood drive-by attack. About 5:45 p.m., a dark car pulled up to Deshawn Adams in the 3500 block of West Van Buren and someone inside opened fire, hitting him multiple times in the head and chest, according to police and the medical examiner’s office. Adams was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A 36-year-old man charged with stabbing three people in a Chinatown apartment for transients is being held on a $2 million bond. Raul Gonzalez allegedly wielded a 10-inch blade, killing Zenan “Sonny” Hernandez, 51, and injuring two other men, Cook County prosecutors said in court.
At the time of the stabbings, Gonzalez was living in an apartment in the 200 block of West 23rd, prosecutors said. On Monday evening, he got in an argument with one of the men he would later stab, prosecutors said. The man told Gonzalez that he was upset about the way Gonzalez had been treating others in the apartment. What began as a verbal argument escalated when Gonzalez pulled the knife, prosecutors said.
Gonzalez stabbed Hernandez in the head, back and hand, prosecutors said. One of the victims received wounds to his groin, while the third victim was stabbed several times in the head, prosecutors said. Gonzalez was also injured when two of the victims used knives to defend themselves, prosecutors said. Hernandez was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The other men were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.
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Two teenage boys were shot Monday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side, leaving one dead. About 2 p.m., the boys were on a sidewalk in the 1300 block of South Homan when a black vehicle pulled up and someone inside opened fire, hitting a 17-year-old in the chest and hand, and a 16-year-old in the buttocks, according to Chicago Police.
They were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where the older boy, identified as Ketrell Hill, died at 2:31 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. The condition of the 16-year-old was stabilized, police said.