Shootings in Chicago August 27, 28 2013

Woman shot on the West Side

A  25-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition today after being shot on the West Side this afternoon.
The shooting happened about 1:41 p.m. on the 3300 block of West Harrison Avenue in the Homan Square neighborhood.
The woman was leaving a Citgo gas station on that block when she and another woman got into an argument which ended up in the victim being shot.
The victim may be pregnant.
The victim was shot in the abdomen and was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in critical condition

2 people shot in Englewood

Two people were shot tonight in the Englewood neighborhood on the South SideDepartment.
Paramedics were called about 9:50 p.m. to the 5500 block of South Shields Avenue where two people had been shot.
One victim was taken by ambulance to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious-to-critical condition while the other victim got to the University of Chicago Hospital by other means.
The person taken to Stroger was a man who had been shot in the knee and finger and his condition had stabilized

Man shot in Englewood

A man in his 40s was injured this morning in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood.
The shooting happened on the 6700 block of South Loomis Boulevard at about 10:10 a.m.
The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in good condition after being shot in the leg

 24-year-old man shot in Humboldt Park

In the Humboldt Park neighborhood, a 24-year-old man was shot in the hip Tuesday night about 9 p.m. during a gang related incident in the 1500 block of North St. Louis Avenue.
Alfaro said the victim was with a friend when he encountered a group of rival gang members on the street. A fight began and one in the group produced a gun and fired shots.
The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition

Man shot in Avalon Park

An shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. on the 8200 block of South Avalon Avenue.
Preliminary reports said a man in his 30s was shot in the chest.

18-year-old man shot in McKinley Park

 18-year-old man was shot about 5:25 p.m. on the 3700 block of South Honore Street.
Preliminary reports said an 18-year-old man was standing on the street when two males approached on bicycles, and one of the males shot him in the upper left chest area.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital where his condition was stabilized.

Person shot in Bronzeville

At about 2:38 p.m., a person was shot on the 3900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue.
a 26-year-old man was shot in both legs in the 3900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized.

Person Shot in Englewood

Someone was shot about 11 p.m. near 64th Street and Hoyne Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood. A 22-year-old man was shot in the neck about 11 p.m. near 64th Street and Hoyne Avenue. He's in stable condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Someone walked up and shot him, but the man told police he doesn't remember what happened.

Chicago man ordered held without bail in fatal shooting in June

A Chicago man was ordered held without bond Sunday in the fatal shooting of a man in June.
Adam Holderbaum, 27, of the 3400 block of South Claremont Avenue, faces a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Eduardo Venagas, 18, on June 23.
Holderbaum also faces attempted first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm charges in the incident, which took place about 11:30 p.m. in the 3300 block of South Bell Avenue in McKinley Park, about a block from Venagas' home.
That evening, Holderbaum and two other males approached Venagas and a 22-year-old who was with him.
Holderbaum held a gun and began yelling at Venagas about a problem with Holderbaum's cousin.
He shot Venagas in the abdomen then took aim at the other man. Holderbaum fired at the second man but missed him because the victim flung himself to the ground.
Holderbaum then shot Venagas in the back and shoulder before he fled with the other two males.
Venagas was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
The second victim identified Holderbaum in a photo array and a physical lineup.
A witness who knows Holderbaum and was present at the shooting also identified him as Venagas' killer.

17-year-old boy shot dead in McKinley Park

A  17-year-old boy was killed .
Omar Castel died was found in the intersection of 36th Street and Marshfield Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood around 12:15 a.m. Friday after officers nearby heard gunfire.
The boy had been shot twice, one of the wounds to his head

Boy drowns in McKinley Park pool

To Christopher Bowen's friends and family, the 14-year-old boy was either swimming or fishing and when he told his father Friday afternoon that he was going swimming at the McKinley Park pool no one thought twice about it.
After all, Christopher was at the pool at least three times a week and on Friday he promised his dad that he'd be back in an hour.
The boy was pronounced dead after he was pulled out of the Chicago Park District pool at 2210 W. Pershing Rd. at about 2:40 p.m.

1 dead in motorcycle-auto crash in McKinley Park

A 24-year-old man has died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
The crash happened at 3:15 p.m. on the 3500 block of South Archer.
Joel Ibarra, of the 2900 block of West 36th Street was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m.,

18-year-old man shot dead in McKinley Park

In McKinley Park, an 18-year-old man was fatally shot as he stood on the sidewalk a block from his home around 11:25 p.m. Eduardo Vargas was shot by one of three people who approached him in the 3300 block of South Bell Avenue.
Vargas was shot in the chest and grazed in the shoulder. He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital

Two boys, 17, wounded in South Side shooting

A gunman shot two 17-year-old boys as they walked down the sidewalk in the McKinley Park neighborhood shortly after midnight on Monday.
The shooting occurred around 12:35 a.m. in the 1700 block of West 38th Street.
One of the boys was shot in the chin and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in serious condition. The other boy was shot in the ankle and listed in good condition at Mercy Hospital.

Shootings in Chicago March 23- 24.2013

Man shot in McKinley Park

A man in his 30s was shot in the leg Saturday night in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side.
Someone shot the man at 9:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of South Ashland Avenue

30 year old man shot in Marquette Park

A 30 year-old man was shot in the head Sunday morning after a confrontation over a car that was double-parked.
The shooting happened about 3:30 a.m. in the 7100 block of South Maplewood Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood.
Police said the 30-year-old man was shot in the head after an argument, ran west and fell in an alley where an ambulance picked him up and took him to Advocate Christ Medical Center. He was "walking, talking, breathing, living. According to a witness, the confrontation started when a car with two men inside tried to slide past the parked car on Maplewood Avenue. The eventual victim was on the sidewalk next to the parked car.
The parked car was partially blocking the street, the witness said, but there was enough room for the other car to get by.
According to the witness, a woman in the parked car exchanged words with the other car's driver, and the man who eventually was shot told the two men, "Go ahead on now, we're cool, we not on that."
The second car's driver moved past the parked car, stopped at the corner of 72nd and Maplewood, about 50 yards south. One of the two men got out of the vehicle, walked up close to the eventual victim, lifted a handgun and said "Talk that (expletive) now" before firing a single shot

27-year-old woman shot in the South Shore

The woman was shot in the chest and leg in the 7500 block of South Coles Avenue about 3:37 a.m.
She'd been seated inside her vehicle in front of a residence there when a blue car pulled up and someone inside shot her multiple times.
The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where her condition had stabilized

35 year old man shot in Belmont Central

In the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side, in the 2800 block of North Melvina Avenue, a 35-year-old man was shot in the leg about 1:35 a.m.

14-year-old boy shot in McKinley Park

14-year-old boy was shot this afternoon in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
Someone shot the teen in the buttocks at 12:58 p.m. near 37th Street and South Hamilton Avenue on the South Side.  . The victim was transported in good condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital.

$10M worth of cocaine found in man's home

A search of a South Side home Friday revealed about $10 million worth of cocaine and more than $500,000 cash, leading to the arrest of the 21-year-old man who lived there. Two others also face felony charges in the case.
Jose Pelayo-Aguilar, of the 3600 block of South Leavitt Avenue, was charged with manufacturing or delivering and possessing more than 900 grams of cocaine.
A police report says Pelayo-Aguilar admitted to asking Patricia Sugey to deliver one kilogram of cocaine to Roger Zeni.
Sugey, who is being held on $50,000 bail, and Zeni, who is being held on $25,000, also face felony charges in the case.
During a search of Pelayo-Aguilar’s home in the McKinley Park neighborhood, police recovered 79 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of about $10 million, and at least $539,406 cash.
Pelayo-Aguilar’s lawyer, Joseph Lopez, said his client knew nothing about the drugs and “was caught up in the middle of it.”

Robbery suspects charged with threatening girls with baseball bat

Two Chicago men armed with a baseball bat are accused of trying to rob two 15-year-old girls during an attack on Friday night that was foiled by two off duty police officers.
Alvizo, 18, of the 5600 block of South Homan Avenue and Martinez, 21, of the 2300 block of South Trumbull Avenue were both charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery of two 15-year-old girls that happened in the 3600 block South Hoyne Avenue in the city’s McKinley Park neighborhood.
One of the suspects was wielding a baseball bat as they demanded “everything’’ from the girls.
One said: “Give me everything. I don’t want to whack you. Do you have any money? Do you have your cell phone? What do you have in your pocket?”’.
Alvizo reached into a pocket of one of victims before but both men fled when they spotted two people, who happened to be off duty police officers from Chicago and Forest Park, who began running after them.
Both men jumped into a gray Dodge Neon but as Martinez turned on its ignition the officers were able to stop them before they drove away in the car.
The girls later identified them and they were arrested about 6:15 p.m.

Man tried to rob 3, then held woman hostage, abused her

A Markham man previously convicted of sex assault has been charged with trying to rob three women at a salon, then holding a woman hostage and Friday night in a South Side salon.
Byron K. Moore, 49, faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, sexual abuse, attempted sex assault, unlawful restraint and attempted robbery in the attacks that started about 6:45 p.m. Friday in the 3100 block of South Archer Avenue.
The incident began about 7:25 p.m. when the man went into the salon on the 3100 block of South Archer Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
After the man went into the salon, he complained that he was owed money, tried to rob the three women and took the 40-year-old woman hostage. Moore held the woman in a back room and sexually abused her.
Police were called to the scene and eventually forced their way inside the business.
The man had tried to sexually assault the woman, who was taken to an area hospital for observation.
Moore, of the 16200 block of South Laflin Avenue in Markham, is a registered sex offender. He pleaded guilty in a 1997 home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault case and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to court records. 

Man arrested after holding woman hostage on South Side

A man was arrested after he held a woman hostage in a South Side salon.
The incident began at about 7:25 p.m. when the man went into the salon on the 3100 block of south Archer Avenue.
After the man went into the salon he complained that he reportedly was owed money and took the woman hostage.
As the man and the woman were inside the salon police were called to the scene and eventually forced their way inside the business.
The man had tried to sexually assault the woman and the woman was taken to an area hospital for observation

Charges filed in August slaying of 17-year-old girl

Authorities accused a 19-year-old gang member of shooting to death a 17-year-old girl in the McKinley Park neighborhood.
Taylor Diorio, who lived in Chicago Ridge, was shot in the head in the 2400 block of West 35th Street about 5 a.m. on Aug. 18.
Joseph Sanders, who was in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections when charges were approved Friday afternoon.
Diorio was in a car with other people when she was shot. Others in the car told police they heard four or five gunshots and realized Diorio was wounded.
The driver took her to the hospital and another girl in the car fled the scene on foot

4th Satan Disciple satan worshiper charged in 2010 slaying

A fourth suspect has been charged with murder in the 2010 stabbing death of a man in McKinley Park who was attacked along with a friend of his because the four thought they were rival gang members.
Gary Sams, 36, was ordered held without bail in a hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Edward Harmening midday today in the May 30, 2010 slaying of Alan Oliva, 19, of Oak Lawn.
Bragging by Daniel Guerrero, 24, Pablo Colon, 22, and Marco Ramirez, 27, all of Chicago, led to their being charged Sept. 11 with murder and aggravated battery in Oliva’s slaying, and led police to Sams, of the 3200 block of South Archer Avenue.
Oliva was walking with a friend about 1 a.m. that day in the 3200 block of South Ashland when several men came up to him and attacked him “without provocation”.
Oliva was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, where it was found he had been stabbed twice, and he died there of multiple stab wounds.
Oliva and his friend, 20, were walking in the 3300 block of Ashland Avenue, after leaving a friend’s home in the area, when Sams, Colon, Guerrero, Ramirez and other members of the Satan Disciples street gang came out from behind a building. The gang members had seen that Oliva or his friend was wearing a red shirt, thought they were members of a rival gang, and had lain in wait for them.
Guerrero, who was armed with an aluminum baseball bat, went up to Oliva’s friend and hit him with the bat, knocking him to the ground and beating him, prosecutors said. Ramirez and Colon began attacking Oliva, and the younger victim was able to escape and run back to the home he and Oliva had been visiting and call 911 from there.
Police arrived on scene and found Oliva had been beaten and stabbed, and his cell phone taken. He was taken to Stroger, where he died.
After the attack, police were able to get a physical description of the attackers from the other victim, and in October 2010, identified Guerrero as a possible suspect.
They also determined that Ramirez had had Oliva’s cell phone in his possession for a time after the attack, but had buried it in a park near his house to try to hide the theft.
Police were able to track down that Ramirez, Guerrero and Colon had all told other people about beating up rival gang members, and they were identified in photo and in-person lineups. On Sept. 11, they were arrested, and Ramirez admitted to stabbing Oliva, while Colon admitted to taking part in the beating.
Sams was taken into custody on Tuesday, and after he was read his Constitutional rights, admitted to police that he went with other gang members to confront Oliva and his friend, who they mistakenly thought were rival gang members, according to court records. Sams admitted to being there to beat up Oliva, and admitted kicking him while he was on the ground.

3 satan worshiping stooges charged in 2010 South Side stabbing death

Three men charged with murder in the 2010 stabbing death of a man in the McKinley Park neighborhood bragged about attacking the man and a friend of his because they thought the pair were rival gang members.
The bragging helped lead police to Pablo Colon, 22, Daniel Guerrero, 24, and Marco Ramirez, 27, all of Chicago, who now face charges of murder and aggravated battery in the slaying of Alan Oliva, 27, of Oak Lawn, on May 30, 2010.
Oliva was walking with a friend about 1 a.m. that day in the 3200 block of South Ashland when three men came up to him and attacked him “without provocation,”.
Oliva was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital, where it was found he had been stabbed twice, and he died there, police said. He died from multiple stab wounds, the medical examiner’s office found following an autopsy.
Colon, of the 4700 block of South Latrobe Avenue, Guerrero, of the 3300 block of South Ashland Avenue, and Ramirez, of the 4100 block of South Artesian Avenue, were ordered held without bail following a hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Donald Panarese.
Oliva and his friend, 20, were walking in the 3300 block of Ashland Avenue, after leaving a friend’s home in the area, when Colon, Guerrero, Ramirez and other members of the Satan Disciples street gang, came out from behind a building. The gang members had seen that Oliva or his friend was wearing a red shirt, thought they were members of a rival gang, and had lain in wait for them.
Guerrero, who was armed with an aluminum baseball bat, went up to Oliva’s friend and hit him with the bat, kniocking him to the ground and beating him. Ramirez and Colon began attacking Oliva, and the younger victim was able to escape and run back to the home he and Oliva had been visiting and call 911 from there.
Police arrived on scene and found Oliva had been beaten and stabbed, and his cell phone taken. He was taken to Stroger, where he died.
After the attack, police were able to get a physical description of the attackers from the other victim, and in October 2010, identified Guerrero as a possible suspect.
They also determined that Ramirez had had Oliva’s cell phone in his possession for a time after the attack, but had buried it in a park near his house to try to hide the theft.
Police were able to track down that Ramirez, Guerrero and Colon had all told other people about beating up rival gang members, and they were identified in photo and in-person lineups. On Sept. 11, they were arrested, and Ramirez admitted to stabbing Oliva, while Colon admitted to taking part in the beating.

Man charged with homicide in hit-and-run

A 23-year-old McKinley Park man is expected in bond court Sunday, charged with homicide in connection with a fatal hit-and-run traffic crash early Friday morning.
Anthony Castillo, of the 3400 block of South Hermitage Avenue, was charged with reckless homicide with a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury or death, possessing a controlled substance and failing to reduce speed.
The hit-and-run happened about 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 3100 block of South Damen Avenue, on the bridge over the Stevenson Expressway.
The vehicle believed to be involved in the crash was found about a mile away in the 3600 block of South Honore Street, where Canales and Castillo were taken into custody.
The man who Castillo is accused of hitting died at the scene.

Man killed by hit-and-run driver on Stevenson overpass

A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the South Side on an overpass above the Stevenson Expressway early this morning.
He died at the scene about 4:30 a.m. in the 3100 block of South Damen Avenue in the McKinley Park neighborhood. He was believed to be in his 50s.
Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said two people were taken into custody in the 3600 block of South Honore Street a short time later.

17 year old girl shot dead in Mckinley Park

A southwest suburban girl who was shot in the head early Saturday while inside a vehicle on the South Side has died.
 Taylor Diorio, 17, of the 10800 block of Major Avenue in Chicago Ridge, was pronounced dead at 3:29 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.
 The victim was shot in the head at 5:05 a.m. in the 2100 block of West 35th Street while she was inside a vehicle with others.
 “An unknown male offender shot into the vehicle’’. No one else inside the vehicle was wounded.
 The driver told police she was westbound on 35th Street while Diorio was seated in the front passenger seat when they and three other people in the car heard 4-5 gunshots and realized Diorio had been shot in the head.
 Another female in the car jumped out and fled in an unknown direction while the motorist drove Diorio to Mount Sinai Hospital.
 Police were investigating an allegation that the gunman and someone in the car might have had an earlier altercation.

Woman shot in McKinley PArk

A woman in her late teens was shot in the head in 2100 block of West 35th Street in the McKinley Park neighborhood about 5:05 a.m.. She was inside a vehicle with at least one other person when someone walked up and opened fire. She's in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, and it appears she was the only one wounded in that attack.

16-year-old boy shot in Mckinley Park

A 16-year-old boy was shot in the right calf and thigh by two males in the 3600 block of South Wolcott Avenue as he stood on a sidewalk at about 1:45 a.m. He was taken to John H. Stroger Hospital in good condition.