Iowa Man Charged In Fatal Christmas Shooting In North Lawndale
Lorenzo Jones, 29, of Iowa City, Iowa, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm, according to Chicago Police.
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Lorenzo Jones, 29, of Iowa City, Iowa, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm, according to Chicago Police.
About 9:50 p.m., Terrell Campbell was walking through a lot in the 300 block of East Pershing Road when two males walked up and shot him in the chest, legs and abdomen, officials said.
Rene Arredondo, 31, was shot in the head about 5 p.m. in the 4200 block of South Rockewell, officials said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The other man, 18, was shot in the arm and back and was also taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he is listed in serious condition
Michael C. Brock, 24, had been shot one time and run over by a vehicle, according to police and the Will County coroner's office. Brock, of Joliet, was dead at the scene.
Two men, ages 31 and 35, were standing on a sidewalk Friday night in the 0-100 block of South Kostner when they heard gunshots and felt pain, police said. The older man, later identified as Michael Harrison, was shot in the abdomen and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An 18-year-old man died Friday night after he was shot in south suburban Country Club Hills.
The man, believed to be between 45 and 55 years old, was shot in the chest about 8:45 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Albany Avenue, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
The shooting happened about 4 p.m. in the store's parking lot at 7050 S. Cicero Ave. in Bedford Park.
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An 87-year-old South Side man shot in the abdomen in the 1940s finally succumbed to his wounds Sunday.
A man fatally shot his "dear friend" on accident while playing with a gun Sunday night at their North Lawndale home, his attorney said.
About 3:20 p.m., the three were standing outside in the 2200 block of East 79th Street when another male walked up and opened fire, police said.
A Bloomington man has been charged with murder for the death of a woman who was found in an abandoned Lawndale building in 2012.
About 7:30 p.m., the 37-year-old was in the 9800 block of South Bensley Avenue when a male walked up and opened fire, striking him several times in the leg and torso, police said.
Two men were killed and a boy was injured in a South Side shooting Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Larry Edwards, 24, was sitting in a parked car about 11:40 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Burnside Avenue when a group of people walked out of an alley and someone opened fire, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
About 9:08 p.m., the man, 29, and woman, 22, were shot in the 5900 block of North Kenmore Avenue, police said.
Prosecutors said Cesar Garay, 20, a member of the Imperial Gangsters street gang, got into an argument Friday night with members of the Latin Kings street gang in the 10000 block of Carol Court in Rosemont.
John Jackson, 31, faces one count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building, both felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
The fatal shooting--the first of the new year--happened about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the West Side Austin neighborhood.
The 20-year-old was shot after an argument turned physical in the 1300 block of South Kolin Avenue about 10:50 p.m., police said.
Police responded around 1:10 a.m. to Bueno's Bar at the intersection of Franklin Street and North Avenue, where 33-year-old Elpidia Munoz-Garcia had been shot in the face. Munoz-Garcia, a mother of two and co-owner of the bar, later was pronounced dead.
Most recently, two males were shot in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side Thursday night.
The number of murders in Chicago was down 3 percent compared the previous year. The number equates to the fewest since 1965.
