Memorials Day Weekend In Chicago

Four people were killed and least 53 more were wounded during the Memorial Day weekend as Chicago neared the end of a particularly deadly month. 
A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed while riding in a vehicle on North Lake Shore Drive with two older men who were described as "gang members". Meaning at least 60 people were shot and killed this month. 
In the Lawndale neighborhood, the mother of another teen, Shequita Evans, walked up to a scene of a woman who was shot in the neck while driving. The woman was driving down Lexington Avenue near Pulaski Road. Shequita stated she had to get through "one more summer" until her 17-year-old could graduate and leave the city. 
Also during the holiday weekend in over 76 hours 69 people were shot.

The image above shows the scene where a 44-year-old man was fatally shot Monday night in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.

Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 11 p.m. found James Taylor lying on the ground near his vehicle in the 5100 block of South Calumet, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A sign posted is posted on a tree where the scene of a triple shooting in the 2000 block of 68th place on May 28, 2016. This is a terrible memorial day weekend. 

A man was found shot to death in a van on I-57 on the Far South Side, in addition three people killed and 11 others injured in gun violence in Chicago from Monday afternoon through early Tuesday.

The man was identified as Maurice Johnston, 37-year-old, and was found around 8:35 p.m. after he crashed the van in the northbound lanes of the expressway near 108th. An autopsy Tuesday determined he died from a gunshot wound to the head. 

Witnesses told investigators they saw the man driving a silver van on South Hamlet Avenue near 110th Street, then heard gunshots, police said.  The man drove onto the 111th Street ramp to the northbound lanes of I-57 and crashed, police said.

He had a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Less than three hours later, a man was killed and two others were wounded in a Noble Square shooting around 11:10 p.m., police said.  They were in the 1500 block of West Walton Street when someone walked up and fired shots, police said.

In addition a 26-year-old man was shot in the chest and pronounced dead on the scene, a 19-year-old man was shot in the head, and also 20-year-old man was shot in the arm. They went to Stroger Hospital and were listed in serious condition.

Triple Homicide

Thursday morning police exchanged gunfire with a suspect who barricaded himself in a Far South Side home. The suspect allegedly killed his girlfriend, her father and another relative several miles away in the Englewood neighborhood. 

A little before 9:30 a.m., the gunman leaned out of the window of the home on 103rd Union Ave and fired shot, according to the chief policemen.

Police shot back, though majority of the shots was from the offender. 

No officers were hurt and it is unclear if the suspect was hit.

Officers are "still trying to get him out peacefully using bullhorns, cellphone, everything," accordingly to Guglielmi said.

 A woman and a child were inside of the house but they let go and unharmed and now the suspect is alone. 

An armored police vehicle occupied the middle of 103rd Street and an officer could he heard talking through a loudspeaker.

The story of what happened is said to be explained as him walking into the house and putting a gun to his head, threatening to kill himself, officers said. The girlfriends mother, father and another woman were inside the house, and he asked them about his girlfriend, who was in the basement with several children. One of the children belongs to the suspect and his girlfriend.

The suspect made his girfriend, Makeesha Starks, 26, and possible the children, come upstairs before the woman's parents ran from the home, police said.  At some point, the suspect opened fire in the house killing Starks and badly wounding the other woman, Kinara Kinard, also 26, police stated.

Starks was shot in the head and was dead at the scene, while Kinard died later at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after being shot in the back. 

 The suspect chased after Starks 50 year-old father, Jerome Wright, and shot him in the head, killing him. He then got in the car and left.

Starks mother escaped. 

The woman was in so much pain, repeatedly saying "He killed my baby". Relatives and neighbors came to comfort and record. 

The father is the guy lying on the grass by the car.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER!!: This is... Ridiculous. I can only imagine the pain the family is going through. I know some of the relatives and they just lost their mother now this. Its heartbreaking and it's to much to take in at once. The violence is just getting worse and worse. Melody, Paris and the rest of you guys if you read this I just want to say I'm sorry, i'm sorry for all the pain you are going through. Stay strong for those kids and Makeesha's mom. You guys got this. I send my condolence to you and your family.

Its Only May !!

It's just four days and thirty-one people have been shot and eight of them died in Chicago.

Tuesday was a violent day, three men killed and 14 others injured on South and West Sides. Including two men who were playing dice it the Austin neighborhood.

In the Austin neighborhood, there have been 132 shootings and 23 of them homicides  already this year. Austin is the deadliest area in Chicago.

"We are looking for answers in regards to Courtney's death," said one mother.
Courtney Copeland, 22, was shot and killed in his car just north of the Austin neighborhood. His mother Shapearl Wells says her son's murder is still not solved and she fears for he community.

Wednesday night's meeting brought together the community, politicians, pastors and police. The commander for the Austin area says their are more 50 more shootings this year compared to last year.

"They want to see officers interacting more they want to have more dialogue they want the officers to slow down, stop get out of the car see what's going on,” said 15th District Police Commander Dwayne Betts.

Police officers need to step up. 

STOP THE VIOLENCE!!! LETS WORK TOGETHER!!!

At Least 12 die in Chicago violence

Gun violence over the weekend has left at least 12 people dead and 38 wounded in Chicago.
This violent weekend was a mass shooting Sunday night in West Englewood in which someone got out a vehicle and fired shots at a group of people sitting outside on a front porch.

This shooting stopped at about 11:10 p.m. and left Devin Hamb and Davon Barrett were dead, and three other people. The group was sitting on a front porch in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 11:10 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle and opened fire.

Hamb, 27, was shot in the chest and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn,and he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m.. He lived in the 500 block of East 72nd Street.

Barrett,38, was shot in the neck, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:33 a.m. Monday. He lived on the block of the shooting.

The same day a 27-year-old man was shot was in the back was taken Christ Medical Center; 17-year-old boy shot in the left leg was taken to St. Benard Hospital; and a 23-year-old woman shot in the left leg was taken to Stroger Hospital. All of their conditions were stabilized.

Austin Shooting 4 boys wounded

Four boys between the ages of 12 and 16 have been wounded on Chicago's West side on Monday night.
Around the time of 8:50 p.m. the four boys were walking in 5700 block of West Washington Boulevard, when a man approached them and started firing, according to Officer Jose Estrada. All four boys then walked to Austin District police station.


The 14 and 15 year-old boys were taken to Stroger Hospital. The 14-year-old was shot in his abdomen and the 15-year-old was shot in leg.
The 12 and 16-year-old were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital also with gunshot wounds in their abdomens.
All four teens are in stable conditions. No one is in custody.

How can one be so cruel to shoot these young boys? It needs to stop !

Father of Tyshawn Lee Charged with recent shootings

Bond for father of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee's father is denied. Tyshawn Lee, a young child, was shot and killed in November .
 Tyshawn Lee's father is charged with the shootings of three people on 79th Ashland.  One victim was the girlfriend of Corey Morgan, one man who was accused in the murder of Tyshawn Lee.

The father is charged with three attempts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say that he was witnessed on the scene of the shootings carrying a gun. They have eyewitnesses, surveillance video's and his own statement that he was at the scene. The father was already on parole for a gun violation.
Next court date will be April 4th and he's being held without bail.

9-year old Tyshawn Lee

Tyshawn Lee's death was a tragedy, no one should go after a child to get back at their parents. Thats going way and beyond to far. The father of Tyshawn Lee is still suffering as we can see, and most of us doesn't know how he feels because we've never been in this situation. But violence isn't always the answer. Show him you are as strong as him and show him you will be better for him, he's looking over you. Revenge for the killers of Tyshawn will eventually come, they will live a hard life. Thats going to haunt them for the rest of their lives. Im not going to say I understand the pain your going through but I understand you are in pain. Just get out and do better and to help you stay on task dedicate every good thing you do to your son. 

Rest In Heaven Little Man(Tyshawn Lee) !