Man Charged With Fatal South Shore Shooting
Bond was denied on Sunday for a man charged with a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood that left a man dead and two others wounded earlier this month.
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Bond was denied on Sunday for a man charged with a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood that left a man dead and two others wounded earlier this month.
Police describe the situation as an encounter with a man with a weapon, possibly a knife, and they had to act. The man's distraught mother says that was not the case.
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Stephen Crump, 27, faces on count of first-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 22 shooting that left 28-year-old Marsolino White dead, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Most recently, a man was shot to death late Wednesday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side, police said. The man, 48, was standing on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of South University about 11:10 p.m., when someone walked up and opened fire.
A truck driver was shot in the leg while driving on the Bishop Ford on Wednesday evening.
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The 28-year-old victim suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the back of the head in the 9300 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue at 3:30 p.m., police said.
The man, 19, was shot in the ankle about 2:10 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Winchester Avenue, according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
The teenager was walking in the 600 block of South Homan Avenue about 11:30 p.m. when he heard gunfire and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.
About 1 a.m., the 28-year-old was walking in the 1700 block of West 77th Street when he heard gunfire and realized he'd been shot in the leg, according to Chicago Police.
About 8:50 p.m., the 28-year-old was standing on the sidewalk in the 5900 block of West Madison Street when a group of males standing down the block began to argue among themselves and shots were fired, police said.
Darrick Wells, 36, was identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Claudia Mister outside a nightclub in the 1600 block of West 115th Place about 2:45 a.m. Sept. 3, according to Chicago Police and the U.S. Marshals Service.
The 21-year-old was standing on a corner in the 5800 block of South Pulaski Road about 12:50 a.m. when he shouted gang slogans at a vehicle and threw a can at it, according to Chicago Police. Someone in the vehicle then fired at him, striking him in the head.
Joseph Smith, 23, was walking in the 5500 block of West Potomac Avenue about 6:15 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 6 p.m., the two were in the 4500 block of South Shields Avenue when they were shot, police said.
One of the victims of gun violence this past weekend had attended a peace event the night before.
Police said two teenagers were outside around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, when a car drove by, and someone inside started shooting. Tyjuan Poindexter, 14, was shot in the head, and died at the scene. A 15-year-old boy was shot twice in the leg, and was being treated at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.
Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 9:40 p.m. in the 10100 block of South Calumet Avenue found the man unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.
About 8:20 p.m., he was walking with a friend in the 1600 block of North Central Avenue when he heard a shot and realized he'd been struck in the abdomen, police said.
He was shot in the face and thigh in the 8400 block of South Hermitage Avenue at 10:35 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 6 p.m., he was standing with a group of people in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue when two people walked up and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Early Sunday, officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 11700 block of South LaSalle Street found the 31-year-old man inside a car parked in an alley, police said.
The boys, ages 16 and 17, were shot at 1:49 p.m. in the 0-100 block of West Pershing Road, police said.
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