Killing Season Chicago, Wicker Park, July 2011


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Jeremy Johnson, 23


On July 30th at about 4:45 p.m., police responded to calls of a person with head injuries down in the alley behind 4654 West Superior Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. They found Jeremy Johnson dead. He had been shot multiple times and was dead on the scene.

Photographing at the site

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Louis Wilson, 26


Louis Wilson was shot in the armpit and killed in an alley at 11717 South Peoria Avenue just after 4 p.m. on July 30th in the West Pullman neighborhood. After being shot, he walked out of the alley toward the street, where he collapsed. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center and pronounced dead at 4:44 p.m.

Photographing at the site

Monday, December 6, 2010

Aaron Carter, 21


Aaron Carter died from his injuries after a shooting on July 28th at 4518 North Magnolia Avenue in the North Side's Uptown neighborhood. He and a friend were involved in an argument with other men who fired at them from a vehicle. Police said Aaron was shot in the chest at about 4:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. on July 29th at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

Photographing at the site

Robert Freeman, 13


Robert Freeman died on July 28th after being shot multiple times while riding his bicycle in the street in the West Pullman neighborhood. The boy at 11551 South Perry Avenue when someone fired shots from a gangway at about 8:18 p.m. A neighbor said he saw a masked gunman stand over Robert and continue firing into the boy's body. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition but was pronounced dead at 10:09 p.m.

Photographing at the site

Alan Penny, 61


Alan Penny was doused in gasoline and lit on fire in his home on July 2, allegedly by his girlfriend, after the two had an argument. He succumbed to his injuries on July 24th after suffering burns over sixty-five percent of his body. He was pronounced dead at 5:09 p.m. at Stroger Hospital. His girlfriend, Sherry Ann Hartison, was arrested shortly after the incident at the apartment that they shared at 3125 West Washington Boulevard.

Photographing at the site

Keith King, 20


At 1:54 a.m. on July 24th, Keith King was found on the sidewalk at 8720 South Emerald Avenue in the Far South Side’s Gresham neighborhood with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at 2:31 a.m. at Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers.

Photographing at the site

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Raymon Sanchez, 31


The death of Raymon Sanchez, whose body found after firefighters extinguished a garage fire in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, has been ruled a homicide. Firefighters arrived at 6155 South Richmond Street at about 6:25 a.m. on July 23rd and found the garage engulfed in flames. Raymon's death was caused by blunt head trauma in an assault that resulted before the fire.

Photographing at the site