Killing Season Chicago, Wicker Park, July 2011


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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Myron Farris, 38


Myron Farris was in his garage at 4228 West 21st Place at about 2:30 p.m. on July 17th in the West Side's Lawndale neighborhood when two gunmen approached and began shooting, striking him in the face. When police arrived they found him dead on the scene.

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Emmanuel Leeks, 23


At about 12:45 a.m. on Saturday July 17th, Emmanuel Leeks and a 20-year-old woman were sitting in a vehicle at 2126 North Springfield Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood when someone fired several times into the car, striking him in the abdomen. The woman suffered a superficial wound. Emmanuel was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m.

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Reggie Coles, 29


On July 17th, police responded to reports of a man who was shot in the face at 12:34 a.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Reggie Coles was in the playground behind Delano Elementary School, located at 3937 W. Wilcox Street, watching or playing basketball when gunshots were fired into the crowd. He was struck by a bullet and was pronounced dead at 1:11 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Quanda Crider, 37


Quanda Crider was found dead at 12:53 p.m. on Friday July 16th in an abandoned building at 816 W. Marquette Road in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. An autopsy determined Quanda died from strangulation and blunt force trauma due to an assault.

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Jeremiah Sterling, 16


On July 15th, Jeremiah Sterling ran away from a gunman pursuing him through a yard near his home in the Far South Side's West Pullman neighborhood, but the teen didn't make it. He was shot at about 3:40 p.m. at least seven times, twice in the head, in an alley behind the his home at 11525 South May Street. He was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 4:30 p.m.

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Monday, November 29, 2010

Anthony Cox, 16


Anthony Cox was shot in the chest shortly before 7 a.m. on July 15th in front of a liquor store at 6647 South Halsted Street, a block from his home, in the Englewood neighborhood. Anthony was out riding his motorbike when a gunman approached him on a bicycle. His family and friends believe his brother was the target but that the gunman turned on him. He was pronounced dead at 7:46 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Police believe the shooting was gang-related.

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Jerome Cole Muhammad, 33


At 12:53 a.m. on July 11th, police found Jerome Cole Muhammad with gunshot wounds to his head, thighs, groin and arm in the alley at 1735 West 83rd Street in the South Side's Gresham neighborhood. The suspects came out of an alley, shot him in the legs and at least one of the killers stood over him and shot him in the face. They then fled east. Jerome was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Police say he was a CTA mechanic and had no gang affiliation.

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Kemanuel Montgomery, 23


At 10:38 p.m. on Saturday July 10th, police found Kemanuel Montgomery stabbed on the the sidewalk in front of 7847 South Essex Avenue in the South Side's South Shore neighborhood. He was stabbed in the chest by a homeless man with who allegedly had an argument with a member of his family. He was pronounced dead at 11:23 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

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Eric Hughes, 21


Eric Hughs was shot multiple times at a gas station at 1053 West 103rd Street just before 11:00 pm on July 9th in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side. He was shot through his thigh while he was inside a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at 11:52 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center.

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Jamonie Richards, 18


Jamonie Richards was shot in the street at 744 East Pershing Road in the Oakland neighborhood on Chicago's South Side at about 12:07 a.m. on July 8th. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Lajuan Webb, 32


Police responded to 4257 West Cermak Road in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side at about 11:20 pm on July 7th, where they found two people shot. One of the victims, Lajuan Webb, was shot in the side and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Thor Soderberg, 43


Officer Thor Soderberg was shot and killed at 3:48 p.m. on July 7th in a parking lot filled with police cars, at 6142 South Racine Avenue, which is across the street from the old Englewood 7th District police station now used by the department's Targeted Response Unit. He was returning to his car after his tour of duty when he was attacked from behind and killed with his own gun. The offender shot him multiple times, wounding him in his neck and chest. Officer Soderberg died at the scene and his body was taken to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Detrick Garrett, 29


At about 1:26 a.m. on July July 7th, officers responded to the scene at 4531 North Clarendon Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago's North Side and found Detrick Garrett shot several times. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m.

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Michael Wade, 25


On the 7th of July, Michael Wade was shot dead at about 12:45 a.m. while in his vehicle at 11143 South Normal Avenue. Witnesses told police they heard shots and soon after saw the Michael's vehicle crash. He suffered a gunshot wound to the left thigh and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Marquita Jamieson, 17


Marquita Jamieson was stabbed to death during a knife fight with another female in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side on July 6th. She was stabbed in the neck at 7:39 p.m. by a female that she knew outside her home at 11018 South Loomis Street. Police said the two teens were having a verbal altercation that escalated over a fight that their relatives were having over a boy. Marquita was reportedly walking away when she was grabbed and stabbed by the offender, who is also 17. She was pronounced dead at 8:28 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Marshal Reed, 21


At midnight on July 6th, Marshall Reed and another man were shot while they were sitting in their vehicle in front of 11647 South Racine Avenue. Someone in a dark Cadillac pulled up, shot at them, and fled. Both men were taken to Advocate Christ. Marshal was pronounced dead at 2:31 a.m.

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Shaudee Nance, 18


Police responded to 7034 South Hermitage Avenue about 9:04 p.m. on July 5th where they found the Shaudee Nance on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound. He was was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

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Monday, November 22, 2010

Carl Roberson, 23


Carl Roberson was on the sidewalk when he was shot in the abdomen on July 4th by a man who exited a white vehicle at about 7:57 a.m. at 5433 West Chicago Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. He was pronounced dead at 10:32 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

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DeShawn McNeil, 35


At 5:06 a.m. on the 5th of July, DeShawn McNeil was found dead after being shot in the chest in the alley behind 7922 South Ingleside Avenue in the East Chatham neighborhood.

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Andrew Hartrick, 37


At about 1 a.m. on July 5th, police responded 1657 West 64th Street in Englewood and found two men shot. Both men were in a vehicle when someone began firing in their direction. Andrew was struck in the neck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Jerry Seals, 34


Police found Jerry Seals with a gunshot wound to his head at about 10:25 p.m. on July 4th on the sidewalk at 6228 South Laflin Street in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m.

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Deandre Murphy, 26


Deandre Murphy was fatally shot on the 4th of July in the 1600 block of West 56th Street in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood just after 3:45 p.m. Two others were also seriously wounded in this shooting. The victims were shot while in a moving car that came to rest at 1601 West 59th Street. Deandre was dead at the scene.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Paul Garrette, 22


It was about 1:00 a.m. on the 4th of July when Paul Garrette was discovered in the backyard of 8419 South Cregier Avenue in the Stony Island Park neighborhood with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, but succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 1:59 a.m.

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Xiaohong Song, 50


At 1:43 a.m. on July 3rd, Xiaohong Song got off the bus following a trip to a casino boat and was approached by two male suspects in the Chinatown neighborhood. They grabbed him from behind in an attempt to rob him causing him to fall and hit his head on the sidewalk in front of 230 West 23rd Street. An autopsy showed that he was strangled death.

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Walter Lampeley, 28


Walter Lampeley was shot and killed on the sidewalk outside his home at 2429 West Taylor Street in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood late on the night of July 2nd. At about 11:54 p.m., he was fighting another person when a vehicle pulled up, suspects exited, and shots were fired at him. He suffered a gunshot wound to his neck and was pronounced dead at 12:56 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Yusuf Yusuf, 30


At 12:06 a.m. on Sunday June 27th, Yusuf Yusuf was standing in the street at 5101 South Sacramento Avenue in the Southwest Side's Gage Park neighborhood when a male suspect opened fire from a vehicle, striking the him in the back. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:49 a.m.

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Ray Ressler, 26


At about 4 a.m. on June 26th, police responded to a report of gunfire to find Ray Ressler fatally shot and another critically wounded on the Near West Side at 2129 South Wood Street. The victims were occupants of a vehicle that was involved in a minor traffic crash. They exited the vehicle and were approached by a person who displayed a handgun and fired in their direction. Both victims were shot multiple times.

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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Richard McGill, 41


Richard McGill was killed and another man was wounded in a drive-by shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood at about 2:20 a.m. on June 26th. The two men were sitting on a porch at 8200 South Muskegon Avenue when a gunman rode up in what was believed to be a green Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The gunman then exited the car and fired shots at the men, striking them both in the legs. The gunman then got back into the vehicle and fled south from the scene. Richard was pronounced dead at 3:16 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Jamar Harris, 1


On June 26th, Jamar Harris was taken unresponsive to the the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital at about 1:45 a.m. with bruising to his body, including on his stomach. He was being watched by his mother's boyfriend, who told police the boy had fallen down the stairs. He was pronounced dead at the hospital at 2:07 a.m. The boy lived at 7135 South Yates Boulevard on Chicago's South Side. An autopsy showed that Jamar died of blunt force trauma and was a victim of child abuse. His death was ruled a homicide.

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Furda West, 43


Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation workers found the partially clothed body of a Furda West in the alley behind 4314 West Carroll Avenue in West Garfield Park at about 8:15 a.m. on June 25th. She had been strangled and was declared dead an the scene.

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James Taylor, 23


James Taylor died late on June 24th after police discovered him at about 9:30 p.m on the sidewalk at 1717 West 51st Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood with stab wounds to his neck. He was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:41 p.m.

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DuJuan Johnson, 29


On June 22nd at about 10:45 a.m., the body of DuJuan Johnson was found in a gangway beside a building at 6818 South Morgan Street in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head and a handgun in his hand.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Divai Serna, 20


Divai Serna was found dead and another woman was found injured in the front yard of 3017 North Kolmar Avenue on June 21st in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood. Police found Divai and the woman at about 8 p.m. Both were at a gathering at that address when someone entered the yard and opened fire.

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Olayinka Ibitoye, 17 & Deante Coleman, 17


Olayinka Ibitoye and Deante Coleman, who were slain and left along some South Side railroad tracks, might have been attacked after a party on Sunday, June 20th that both of the boys attended. The naked bodies of the boys were found about 9 a.m. on Monday the 21st at approximately 9041 South Holland Road in the West Chatham neighborhood. Both boys had been shot. The two were pronounced dead at the scene at 9:50 a.m.

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Pierre York, 19


Pierre York was walking with a friend in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side at about 9:20 p.m. Friday June 18th when a third person approached and began to argue with him. The assailant pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. Pierre's friend called police after the shooting. The police found Pierre on the sidewalk at 1841 West 87th Street. He was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 10:07 p.m. on June 20th.

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Larry Johnson, 25


Larry Johnson was shot in his abdomen and left arm at about 1:52 a.m. on June 21st in the alley at 6400 South Ingleside Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the city's South Side. He was pronounced dead at 3:36 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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Darryl Dunn, 44


Darryl Dunn was found slain on the sidewalk at about 2:02 a.m. on June 21st with a gunshot wound to his head in front of the residence at 7220 South Marshfield Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Durwin Hackman, 20


On June 19th, an argument over a female led to the shooting of three men on the Far South Side and the death of Durwin Hackman. The incident happened at 11:19 p.m. on the sidewalk at 734 West 111th Street in the Roseland neighborhood. The three victims - Durwin, who was shot in the back, a 19-year-old who was shot in the stomach, and a 21-year-old who was shot in his left arm - got into the argument with several other men, who began shooting and then fled the scene. The three victims were all transported to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn. Durwin, was transported in serious-to-critical condition. He was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. At the time of his death, Durwin, who has had arrests on misdemeanor charges in the past, was facing a misdemeanor marijuana-posession case in Chicago that was due in court the following week.

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Waseen Smith, 25, Barry Smith, 45 & Leon Smith, 28


Waseen, Barry and Leon Smith were killed in what appeared to be a gang-related shooting early on the morning of June 19th in the Little Village neighborhood. The shooting happened near the residence of Waseem and Barry Smith at 2243 South Springfield Avenue. At about 3:00 a.m., Ogden District officers heard gunshots in the area, toured it, and found the three men. One of the victims was found shot in the driver's seat of a vehicle, while a second victim was found shot in the driver's seat of another. A third victim was found wounded lying on the ground. Waseen was dead on the scene. Barry and Leon were pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital. All three of the men had extensive criminal records, mostly convictions on felony drug charges.

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Darterius Madison, 17


Darterius Madison was wounded in a shooting night of June 16th in the yard of his home at 6345 South Hamilton Avenue in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood. He was shot in the back and pelvis shortly before midnight that night. He was pronounced dead two days later on June 18th at 7:28 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Police say Darterius had gang affiliations and the shooting appeared gang-related.

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Michelle Maldonado, 19


Michelle Maldonado was shot to death in what Chicago police said may have been a gang-related attack in the Little Village neighborhood on June 17th. She was shot while on the street 3909 West 32nd Street just after 8:35 a.m. Witnesses told police that the attack began when a man in his late teens or early 20s who got out of a beige car that had three other young men in it. The man walked behind Michelle and shot her several times, causing her to fall to the ground. The man got back into the car and drove away, heading south through an alley. Police have not been able to confirm that Michelle herself was a gang member, but investigators believe she spent time with members of a local gang and was shot by rival gang members.

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Octavio Pena, 31


At about 11:15 p.m. on June 15th, officers responded to a call of an unresponsive man lying on the street at 4340 West 87th Street in the Scottsdale neighborhood on Chicago's Southwest Side. When they arrived police discovered Octavio Pena with a gunshot wound to his face. He was pronounced dead at 12:02 a.m.

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Cojuan Harper, 17


On June 15th at 5:40 p.m., Cojuan Harper was standing outside the Citgo gas station at 2941 East 83rd Street in the South Chicago neighborhood when two people wearing black hooded sweatshirts approached, and at least one opened fire wounding him in the chest, arm and back. The incident happened at about 5:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He was gang-affiliated.

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Brandon Brown, 25


Brandon Brown died five days after he was shot at a White Castle drive-thru at 1558 West Garfield Boulevard in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. In the early morning hours on June 10th. Brandon was a passenger in a car waiting in the drive-thru line when a suspect, described as in his 20s, walked up to the passenger side where he was sitting and shot him at close range. Brandon got into another vehicle and was taken to Provident Hospital of Cook County. He was later taken to Stroger where he died from his injuries at 1 a.m. on June 15th. Police idenitified Brandon as a gang member.

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Jorge Luis Flores, 22


Jose Garcia, who has since been charged with first degree murder, and Jorge Luis Flores were in a fight before Garcia allegedly returned to the scene with a handgun and shot Jorge in the right shoulder at 5:48 a.m. on the morning of June 14th at 2400 South Central Park Avenue in the Little Village community. Jorge was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 12:33 p.m.

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Michael Stanciel, 30


Police responded to a call of a person shot at 603 North Homan Avenue on the West Side in the city's East Garfield Park neighborhood shortly after 11 p.m. on June 13th and found Michael Stanciel on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:51 p.m.

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Ernest Sanford, 28


Ernest Sanford was found fatally shot on June 13th in front of 7031 South Martin Luther King Drive in the South Side's Park Manor neighborhood at about 3:20 a.m. Police found him dead on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound.

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Kevin Jones, 15


In the wee hours of the morning on June 13th, Kevin Jones was shot in the back and killed after a fight broke out at a graduation party at an apartment in the building at 7803 South Carpenter Street in the South Side Gresham neighborhood. Kevin was at the party in a first-floor apartment when the fight broke out. Witnesses say the shooting began inside after an altercation at the party between the party's host and at least three other men who he accused of breaking a window in his home. Three male suspects left the party and went outside. One pulled out a handgun and fired one more shot into the apartment. A bullet went through the window and struck the Kevin in the back. Police responded to reports of shots fired at about 2:15 a.m. He was pronounced dead at 2:56 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

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Jaime Sanchez-Negrete, 18


Jaime Sanchez-Negrete was killed on June 12th in what is being called assault. He was found in the backyard of 5827 South California Avenue in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood. Police responded to a report of a man down with blood near his head. He had a gunshot wound behind his left ear.

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Ludjana Dido, 20


On June 14th, Ludjana Dido was going out for a bite to eat with friends when she and her friends got into a dispute with another group of people at 2700 West Roscoe Street. The alcohol-fueled exchange began with shoving and punching before Ludjana, who was standing in the street at the time, was struck by the car just after 1 a.m. She was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was declared dead at 2:26 a.m. Ludjana was 5½ months pregnant.

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