You got young people carrying guns, Im talking about 13, 14, 15, and they cant even aim straight.. Chicago Tribunes Gregory Pratt, Alice Yin, Annie Sweeney and Sarah Freishtat contributed. Poles needs to make sure Eberflus maintains significant input. We have done yeoman's work over the course of a very difficult year, where every major city New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and on and on and on the list goes have seen a similar surge in violence, and it is distressing. . pic.twitter.com/IjHZLn76BV. Background. Relatives for the other victims could not immediately be reached, but the Cook County Medical Examiners office identified one victim as Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, of Rogers Park. Stay away from the wrong crowd, Hall said. GAGE PARK A Chicago police officer was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while responding to a domestic violence call in Gage Park. Active scene. Multiple shootings are our new theme because weve been in a pandemic and people gather, Englewood activist Darryl Smith said. Why would anyone argue that illegal gun possession needs to be decriminalized? They were willing to put their lives on the line to protect this victim.. She loved her family.. And again, I'm going to point the finger at the state's attorney's office. The slaying sent hundreds of officers and firefighters out to mourn and honor the officer, identified as Andres Vasquez-Lasso, 32. At least one of the victims likely lived at the address, but Brown did not elaborate on the relationships of the victims and the shooter. The family had tickets to go to her graduation from Country Club Hills Tech & Trade Center scheduled for the day she died. Her father, Demetrius Williams, said Shermetria was his younger of two daughters. Im concerned about the fact that there are people who are dead in an act of violence that makes no sense to me.. Anna Johnson shows how her vans windows shot out near her home in the 600 block of West 61st Street. Were very focused on those kinds of challenges. Once he arrived in the neighborhood, he described a frantic process of figuring out who was hurt, calling peoples phones to see if they pick up, what hospital did people go to?, Its just confusing and sadness and grief, and people wanting to know where their cousin is or their sister is, Price said. Shermetria Williams, 19, is among those who died in the shooting, according to her father and cousins. A female victim suffered unspecified gunshot wounds, and is in critical condition at University of Chicago Medical Center. The courageous men and women of the Chicago Police Department have suffered another tragic loss of one of their own to the ultimate sacrifice of protecting our communities. Today hurts.. Family members identified two other victims as Denice Mathis and Blake Lee. I am praying for healing for all those close as we await further details on this tragedy.. A crew removes one of four bodies from a house in the 6200 block of South Morgan after they were all shot to death when an argument broke inside the Englewood building, Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2021. Chicago police keep watch and crime scene tape hangs outside a house in the 6200 block of South Morgan, where eight people were shot, four fatally, inside the Englewood building, Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2021. You cant go anywhere because the citys messed up, Lawrence said. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times As a 4-year-old girl recovered from a gunshot wound Wednesday, a relative told the Sun-Times the girl had been combing her doll's hair on the front stoop of a vacant building in Englewood when a stray bullet hit her. Brown said the officers partners and officers throughout the department and the country are grieving the loss. A 25-year old man also suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in unknown condition. CHICAGO (CBS) - A Chicago police officer was shot in the Gage Park neighborhood late Wednesday afternoon. Investigators are reviewing body cameras, ballistic evidence and other surveillance footage to piece together what happened, Brown said. He was transferred to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. Somebody needs to shed a tear for somebody they dont know. What that tells us about the larger discussion about illegal guns is theres way too many guns in the wrong hands in this city and the country, he said. Four people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy, and four others were injured, including an 11-year-old boy, in an Englewood shooting Saturday night, according to Chicago police. Who is going give up the information? Demetrius Williams said he was devastated and called the loss of his daughter senseless.He said she had a 2-year-old daughter. He was a good guy, said Hall, who now lives in Indiana. This includes directly interviewing sources and research / analysis of primary source documents. UPDATE: 7 out of 8 in Englewood mass shooting were shot in the head, likely by 2 gunmen, police report says, graduation party at 89th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, Key developments evolving in sale of Brauer Museum artwork by Valparaiso University, Its Chicagos fake birthday: Here are 30 essential foods and drinks to celebrate, from Rainbow Cone to Malrt, Carol Stream man, 35, dies in custody at Cook County Jail, officials say, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. A woman in her 20s was in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center. 4:51 PM EDT, Mon May 17, 2021. They were there to protect this victim, Brown said. She went by Niecy and was a mother of five children, according to the Sun-Times. Denver7 News brings you breaking and developing news from Englewood, Colorado on KMGH-TV and TheDenverChannel.com. Shootings like this happen because of disinvestment, because of trauma, she said Today, we have failed.. Why did this have to happen?, Williams still held the ticket for his daughters graduation. 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Richmond said she and Williams would call and text every day. Detectives were questioning a person who was inside the home at the time. Another graph purportedly proved a large driver of that increase was what he deemed nonviolent gun arrests of those without prior convictions, while what he termed violent arrests by Chicago police have dipped. There had been calls for disturbances at the home before, Brown said, and witnesses said there had been loud music at the house Monday. There was no sign of forced entry, Brown said. "Every time people gather, whether they are in their homes or outside, we got individuals that discharged that weapon, but who is going to talk?" At about 10:20 p.m. on Independence Day, officers responded to a home in the 3600 block of South Sherman Street, police said in a news release. Four men were wounded in three shootings on the South Side on Thursday, including a man who was shot in the chest during an argument in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Four other people were hospitalized. And when you have a gathering, and someone comes to a shooting, its going to be multiple people shot., Pastor Donovan Price, who is known in the neighborhood for his street ministry, said he was at the hospital with another woman whod been shot elsewhere in the city when he got messages about what happened on Morgan Street. Brown said a witness heard gunshots around 2 a.m. in the same area and a Shot Spotter alert was reported at the same time. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said they believe there was a party going on when the shooting happened. Through Sunday, the district had 20 homicides, five fewer than the same period in 2020, Chicago police statistics show. Her cousin, Markeytia Richmond, said relatives were leaving for the ceremony when they received calls about the shooting. David Brown said at a news conference. Mathis' family said she was a loving mother of five children, who she simply adored. We do have an officer that sustained a shoulder injury from the incident with the crowd, Talley said. The officers were shot during a traffic stop shortly after 9 p.m. at 63rd Street and Bell Avenue and returned fire, hitting at least one suspect, police said. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Ive been doing this since 2016 and it hurts. Police fired back and struck the man. Brown said there was a call for shots fired at 2 a.m. near the same residence, followed by the second call around 5:45 a.m. Police have not yet determined what happened to spark the 2 a.m. call. or redistributed. One woman wearing a yellow shirt walked under the tape and became hysterical. June 15, 2021 / 11:24 AM Several shell casings and a high capacity magazine for a gun were found inside the house, police confirmed. I dont understand what happened. South Morgan and 63rd blocked off. She only moved to the neighborhood two months ago. In his news conference, Brown also said a high-capacity magazine had been used in Tuesdays shooting, which meant the shooter was able to do more harm to more people. He made many of the same points as Lightfoot regarding illegal weapons, although no weapons had been recovered Tuesday so it was too soon to know whether the weapon used had been obtained illegally. At least one of the victims lived at the address, a barber who cut hair out of the house. Chicago police said a shooting on 63rd Street in Englewood left one man dead and another wounded Tuesday morning. (PUEBLO, Colo.) The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) said a man was taken into custody following a shooting death on Friday, Feb. 24. Cook Count ME identifies 1 victim; family identifies 2 others. Saturday morning, 10 people were shot, one fatally, near 75th Street and Prairie Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. A suspect, Cordia Blash, 37, was contacted on scene and taken into custody. @cbschicago gathering more. The shooting happened early Tuesday in the 6200 block of South Morgan Street, but police are still trying to determine what happened. Chicago's Magnificent Mile is mobbed by rioters after a man is shot by police in the city's Englewood neighborhood. The reality is our city is safe, and I stand by that.. Jackson, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, said she had been sleeping when the shooting happened, but she awoke to the sound of a helicopter above her home. They need our thanks, they need our support, they need to know that everyone in our city has their backs, Lightfoot said. Video of police shootout in Englewood shows driver firing point-blank at Chicago police officer Both the officer and the suspect were seriously wounded. The widespread looting was captured in several videos shared to social media. message spotted in SoCal snow as some grow desperate, Man charged with fatally stabbing woman he dated for 3 years: police, Downstate judge rules assault weapons ban violates state constitution. Michelle Tolbert said her brother had a jovial barbershop personality and had studied to be an EMT before going to barber college. CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Woodridge man has been charged after he was found with guns, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and notes about mass shootings, police said. "I'm still praying. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Eight people were shot, four fatally, Tuesday morning in a mass shooting incident in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. There had been a gathering at the home when an argument began and shots were fired, police said. She got shot in the head, another person sobbed on the phone as they walked away. / CBS Chicago. She was supposed to graduate today, he said. The third woman who died in the attack was Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, who lived in Rogers Park, according to the Cook County medical examiners officer. Major cities throughout the United States, including Chicago, recorded rising gun violence throughout 2020. There have been 390 homicides in Cook County so far this year, according to the medical examiners office, nearly 300 of them in Chicago. Among the people who gathered to pay their respects was Officer Danny Golden, Sun-Times photojournalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere tweeted. A car with bullet holes in two windows in the 600 block of West 61st Street, less than 24 hours after a 4-year-old girl was wounded on the Englewood block on the South Side. Asked whether she believes Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx is doing a good job prosecuting gun offenders, Lightfoot pointed to what one of the states attorneys top aides said about the Chicago Police Department during a recent webinar for reporters. Clickhereto support Block Clubwith atax-deductible donation. Chicago police released video of a fatal shooting on the South Side. Who is going to convict these people?". Officers were called to the home at 5:45 a.m. for a report of multiple people shot, said Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, at a news conference at the Englewood District Station. The first was around 2 a.m., when the ShotSpotter system alerted police to gunfire near the Morgan address, according to Police Supt. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Emotions were running high. And I would argue the idea of decriminalizing illegal gun possession is the most ridiculous thing Ive ever heard in my nearly 40 years in law enforcement, particularly at a time when our country is seeing the most increase in violent crime in decades, he said. Share. A witness told police there were two volleys of gunshots inside the home, hours apart. The shooting happened about 4:45 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Spaulding . Chicago police keep watch and crime scene tape hangs outside a house in the 6200 block of South Morgan, where eight people were shot, four fatally, inside the Englewood building, Tuesday afternoon, June 15, 2021. Niecy loved her mama, and her mama loved her, Price said. Got a story tip? Anna Johnson, who lives on the block, owns a car that was also damaged by gunfire.