Killing Season Chicago, Wicker Park, July 2011


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Friday, December 17, 2010

Olutosin Bajomo, 29


Olutosin Bajomo was shot in the head and killed near his home in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side on August 19th. Police and paramedics responded about 2:22 a.m. to the 1000 West Ardmore Avenue and found Olutosin at the mouth of the alley on the north side of Ardmore Avenue. Surveillance video from the area shows a man got out of a vehicle parked in the alley and approached Olutosin as he was walking east along Ardmore toward Sheridan Road. The man then shot him several times. He was pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m. at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.

Photographing at the site the first time & the second time

Terrance Cooper, 28


Terrance Cooper had come out of a store with a friend in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, when an assailant approached and shot him multiple times. Officers found him on the street at 3300 West 63rd Street at about 10:30 p.m. on August 18th. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn at 11:55 p.m.

Photographing at the site

Marshalla Johnson, 28


Marshalla Johnson was fatally shot in the head at her Near West Side residence in a CHA complex at 1000 West 14th Street on August 18th. She was found at about 11:15 a.m. Police took her husband into custody in connection with the slaying.

Photographing at the site

Anthony Clemons, 44


Anthony Clemons was shot and killed on the morning of August 17th in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood. The shooting happened about 8:25 a.m. at 4150 West Grenshaw Street. He was pronounced dead at 8:47 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Photographing at the site

Angel Rebolledo, 29


Angel Rebolledo died and two others were wounded on August 17th in a shooting in the city's Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to 2315 North Keeler Avenue and found three people with gunshot wounds. Reports said the victims were standing outside on the street when they were fired on. Angel was shot and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 1:02 a.m.

Photographing at the site

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Brian Daniel, 33


Brian Daniel was shot while he was standing on the sidewalk at 5101 West Monroe Street in the West Side's Austin neighborhood on August 16th. The shooting happened at about 4:45 p.m. Brian was playing cards when three male assailants approached and opened fire. Two other suspects fired shots at a group across the street from where Brian was standing, striking the him while he tired to run from the scene. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m. at Stroger Hospital. Police believe the shooting was gang-related.

Photographing at the site

Alexander Mercado, 16


Alexander Mercado, another man, and a woman were all sitting in a parked car at 4130 North Albany Avenue in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood at about 1:45 a.m. when someone walked up and started a conversation with them. Soon after the suspect opened fire into the car. The woman switched places with one of the gunshot victims and drove to the 4000 block of North Whipple Street, where she called police. Alexander was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at 2:33 a.m.

Photographing at the site