Man reacts to Father's Day snub with drive-by shooting

A man shot and wounded another man in a drive-by on the West Side because "someone had to pay" after he was not allowed to see his child on Father's Day.
Xavier Guzman, 25, whose nickname is "Lil Bin Laden," has been charged with aggravated battery with a handgun and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
Guzman, of the 900 block of North Kedvale Avenue, is accused of shooting a 21-year-old man in the 2700 block of West 16th Street in the Douglas Park neighborhood early Monday.
After his arrest, Guzman told officers he had an argument with the child's mother after she refused to let him to see the child. He told police he became "enraged" and "wanted to take it out on someone" .
Around 12:15 a.m. Monday, Ogden District beat officers heard two gunshots in the 1600 block of South California Avenue and saw a white SUV traveling south at a high rate of speed. Officers followed and saw Guzman toss a gun out of the driver's side window in the 3100 block of West 23rd Street.
The gun, a .38-caliber handgun, was recovered and Guzman was placed into custody after his SUV crashed.
Officers went to Mount Sinai Hospital and learned a man had gone there after being shot in the 2700 block of West 16th Street.
The victim, from the Douglas Park neighborhood, was standing on a sidewalk when the SUV stopped and the driver said to him: "What's up bITCH?" while pointing the gun at him and a friend.
Guzman then fired several times, striking the 21-year-old man in the right forearm. His condition was stabilized at Mount Sinai

Man tried to lure girl, 11, in Albany Park

Police are searching for a man they say tried to lure an 11-year-old girl to his vehicle in the Northwest Side's Albany Park neighborhood on Sunday.
About 9 p.m. Sunday, the girl was walking her dog in the 3900 block of West Arglye Street when a man pulled a vehicle to the curb and rolled down his window, "Hey, hey you, come here," the man said with slurred speech
The girl ran away to the 5000 block of North Springfield Avenue, where she saw the vehicle fleeing northbound.
The man is described as white or white Hispanic, in his 50s, with black hair combed straight back and a chubby face. He was weaing a white button-down

25-year-old man shot in Park MANOR

At about 1:50 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in the leg in the 7000 block of South Prairie Avenue.
The man refused medical attention.

42 year old man shot in Park Manor

A man shot in the head while sitting on a porch was one of two people shot in the South Side's Park Manor neighborhood early this morning
About 12:50 a.m., gunfire rang out as a 42-year-old man sat on a porch in the 6900 block of Dr. Martin Luther King.
The was struck in the forehead and taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where his condition was stabilized.

Officers on bike patrol foil Loop robbery

Police officers on bicycles chased down and arrested a 23-year-old man after he swiped a woman's cell phone in the Loop on Tuesday evening.
About 5 p.m., a 39-year-old woman on crutches was looking at the screen of her phone as she waited for a taxi in the 100 block of North State Street.
A 23-year-old man approached the woman and grabbed the phone from her hand. The woman lost her balance and fell to the ground as the man fled.
A witness flagged down a bicycle patrol unit in the area shortly after, and the officers found the suspect nearby. Clayton Jones, of the 7200 block of South Luella Avenue, had the woman's phone with him and was positively identified by the woman
Jones was charged with one count of felony robbery

Police officers recovered a body from Lake Michigan on the South Side

Police officers recovered a body from Lake Michigan on the South Side this morning

Police received a call just before 6:30 a.m. today about a body in the water east of the 3900 block of South Lake Shore Drive. No identification was released, but  the body was of a white male.

Shooting in Chicago June 17, 2013

17-year-old boy  shot in Austin

At about 7:45 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen on the 800 block of North Leamington Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The teen was taken to Stroger hospital in critical condition

18-year-old woman shot in Longwood Manor

At 7:55 p.m., an 18-year-old woman was wounded in the 9700 block of South LaSalle Street in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side. The woman was shot in the buttocks in a driveby shooting. She was taken in fair-to-serious condition to Stroger hospital, where her condition had stabilized

2 shot in Grand Crossing

Shortly before 9:35 p.m., two men were shot on the 7300 block of South Woodlawn Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. A 21-year-old man was shot in the right calf and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where his condition had stabilized. The second victim, a 22-year-old man, was shot in the right thigh, left ankle and left hand and taken to Stroger hospital.
The men were standing on the sidewalk when a white sedan drove by and someone shot at them

18-year-old man shot in Little Village

At about 9:55 p.m., an 18-year-old man suffered a graze wound to the foot in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The man told police he was walking when shots rang out and he felt pain

Police search for man who attacked woman on Northwest Side

A man pushed a 24-year-old woman to the ground in the Mayfair neighborhood on the Northwest Side and sexually assaulted her Monday.
The man, believed to be 20 to 25 years old, approached the woman from behind as she walked down the sidewalk in the 4500 block of West Agatite Avenue around 9:55 p.m. Monday.
The man grabbed her neck and pushed her to the ground, then tried to remove her clothes. The woman screamed, and the attacker struck her in the face and ran off
The woman ran to the 4600 block of West Montrose Avenue and was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital for lacerations to the face and knee.
Police are searching for the attacker, described as Hispanic, about 5-feet-9 inches to 5-feet-10, 130 to 150 pounds, with black hair. He was last seen wearing an orange hooded sweatshirt

17 year old shot in West Pullman

In  the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side about 2:45 p.m., someone shot a 17-year-old boy in the leg in the 200 block of West 118^th Street.
The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition had stabilized.

18-year-old shot in Englewood

At about 1:45 p.m. in the Englewood neighborhood, a man working at a Shell gas station in the 6600 block of South Wentworth Avenue said he called 911 when he saw the second gunshot victim ride up on his bicycle with a gunshot wound to his side.

The 18-year-old victim was taken in good-to-fair condition to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center

Man 18, shot in Morgan Park

An adult male, was wounded at 1:13 p.m. in the 11000 block of South Ashland Avenue in the city's Morgan Park neighborhood.
The man was taken in serious-to-critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook

Police search for man who tried to rape girl in West Lawn

Chicago police are searching for a man who tried to sexually assault a 14-year-old girl this morning in the West Lawn neighborhood.
The attack happened at about 8 a.m. on the 6100 block of South Springfield Avenue.
The girl was forced into an alley at gunpoint by a man who attempted to criminally sexually assault her.
The suspect is described as a white male, with brown eyes and an olive complexion. He is between 18 and 23 years old and about 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighing about 120 pounds.
He was wearing a white baseball cap, a white baggie shirt and black shorts

27-year-old man shot in Back of the Yards

At about 1:30 a.m., a 27-year-old man was shot in the thigh in the 5200 block of South Lowe Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The man was taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized.

25-year-old man shot in Longwood Manor

At about 2:30 a.m., a 25-year-old man was shot in the head in the 9500 block of South Perry Avenue in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn serious condition.

1 shot, 1 shot dead in Humboldt Park

At about 1 a.m. Monday morning, a pair of gunmen on motorcycles ambushed two 21-year-old men as they sat in a vehicle in the 1100 block of North Campbell Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Luis Santana, 21, of the 1900 block of West Ogden Avenue was later pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. with a gunshot would to the head at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County. The other man sustained a graze wound to the buttocks and was also taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized.

Man leans out car window, dies after hitting another car

A south suburban Burnham man died Sunday night after leaning out of a moving car on South Side and hitting a parked car.
The victim was identified as Orlando Mayo, Jr., 30, of the 2700 block of East 142 Street, who was pronounced dead at 7:54 p.m. Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The incident happened about 7:20 p.m. Sunday in the 2000 block of East 79th Street in the city’s South Shore neighborhood.
The victim was a front-seat passenger inside a westbound red 1987 Chevrolet Caprice,  he stuck his body out of the car window and hit a parked car.
The victim was ejected and the Caprice struck another parked car before fleeing the scene. Mayo was taken to Northwestern hospital

Inmate accused of murder found hanged in cell

A Cook County Jail inmate scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on charges of killing his baby son late last year was found hanged in his jail cell Sunday night.
An autopsy today for inmate Enoch A. Hayslett, 27, of Lynwood, found he died from a hanging and his death was ruled a suicide.
Hayslett was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m. Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Authorities found Hayslett, who was accused of murdering his child, about 8:20 p.m. alone in his cell after apparently committing suicide, according to Cook County sheriff's spokesman Ben Breit. He said that Hayslett was in the maximum security division of the jail. Breit said officers tried to resuscitate him on the scene before he was taken to Mount Sinai.
Breit could not disclose if Hayslett left a note or say why he would kill himself. There was no foul play involved, added Breit.
Murder charges were filed against Hayslett in December, 2012, following the death of his 8-month-old son, WGN-TV news said at the time. He also faced battery charges for injuring two other children.
The family originally said 8-month-old Lamar Hayslett had accidentally drowned but an investigation revealed the baby suffered skull fractures. His twin brother also had skull fractures but was treated for the injuries. Their mother was not charged. DCFS had removed all the children from the family's home

South Side man died of impalement on fence post

Police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of a man who had been impaled by a fence post Sunday night during a fight near his Burnside neighborhood home on the South Side.
An autopsy Monday determined Edward James Scott, 48, of the 9100 block of South Greenwood Avenue, died of head injuries and impalement on a fence post during an assault. Scott's death was ruled a homicide.
Scott became involved in a dispute about 8 p.m. Sunday with unknown individuals near his home. One of the people approached and struck him in the head, causing him to fall onto a fence post which pierced his eye socket,  he then fell to the ground, suffering blunt trauma to the head.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre Vs Father's Day Weekend Massacre

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

WHEN: February 14, 1929

WHERE: A warehouse at 2122 N. Clark Street

Number of people shot: 7

 Number of people killed: 7

 

END RESULTS:

The raid's cold-blooded efficiency left the public in shock, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre came to symbolize gang violence. It confirmed popular images associating Chicago with mobsters, crime, and spectacular carnage. The site of the warehouse, razed in 1967, continues to draw tourists from around the world.

 

Father's Day Weekend Massacre

 

WHEN: June 15- 16, 2013

WHERE: In the streets of Chicago

Number of people shot: 47

Number of people killed: 9

 

END RESULTS: The massacre's cold-blooded efficiency left the public yawning, although the Father's Day Weekend Massacre came to symbolize the failure of Big Daddy Government as a substitute for real fathers and the lack of real fathers in minority communities. It confirmed popular images associating Chicago with gangs, crime, and spectacular carnage. Chicago's minorty violence continues to scare tourists away.

Pathetic Tales From Chicago's Meat Grinder

Police shot and killed a 24-year-old man after he raised a handgun toward officers who chased him from a car that refused to stop early Sunday morning on the West Side, according to authorities.
The man stumbled into an alley west of Springfield Avenue and north of 18th Street in the Lawndale neighborhood after police tried to stop a car he was in about 2:30 a.m., police and Fraternal Order of Police Spokesman Patrick Camden said.
Uniformed officers made a number of attempts to curb the car, which kept slowing down and speeding up, and after a few of the stop-and-goes a man jumped out and ran, Camden said.
Police stayed with the runner while asking for help and he ducked into the alley west of Springfield Avenue and fell, Camden and police said.
Officers giving chase saw he had a weapon as soon as he jumped out the car, police said.
Police and Camden said the man raised a 9-millimeter handgun with one hand as he tried to get up with the other and police, who were out of their car at this point, opened fire.
The man was later identified as Antwon Johnson who was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:11 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Johnson’s mother, Stacy Liberty, said she rushed to the scene of the shooting early Sunday morning after learning about it from a family friend. When she got there, she saw her son’s body laying lifeless in the alley.
“He was laying flat on his stomach with handcuffs on, dead,” Liberty said. It took hours for police to move the body, she said.
Liberty said she didn’t believe the police account of what happened.
“It’s not true,” she said. “How could someone have a gun and point it to you if they’re already on the ground?”
Liberty said the car had been lurching down the block because the people in the car were trying to identify an address. The presence of a police car behind them must have made Johnson “nervous,” his mother said.
Johnson, of the 4700 block of South Wabash Avenue, had been convicted three times for drug related charges stemming back to 2006, according to court records. He was shot three times in a shooting almost two years ago, which left him with a scar on his stomach, she said.
But with two five-year-old sons, he was trying to get his life back on track.
“He hasn’t been in trouble in a while,” Liberty said. “He was trying to get his stuff together. Black men on the street today, it’s tough for them to get a job because the first thing (employers) look at is their record.”
Johnson attended Lincoln Park High School but only made it through the 11th grade, Liberty said.
“He was a very outgoing person,” Liberty said. “He was loved by everybody. He was sweet. If he had it, he gave it to you, no matter what it was.”

Let's put the BOLD BLACK WORDS together and find some Chicago Meat Grinder truth-

Uniformed officers made a number of attempts to curb the car, which kept slowing down and speeding up, and after a few of the stop-and-goes a man jumped out and ran-
Liberty said the car had been lurching down the block because the people in the car were trying to identify an address. The presence of a police car behind them must have made Johnson “nervous,” his mother said.

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Johnson, of the 4700 block of South Wabash Avenue, had been convicted three times for drug related charges-
Johnson's mother said. “He was loved by everybody. He was sweet. If he had it, he gave it to you, no matter what it was.”

 

More Pathetic Chicago Meat Grinder  stories can be read here- Chicago Tribune

25-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman shot in Woodlawn

At about 9:50 p.m. a 25-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were hurt in a drive-by shooting in the 1500 block of East 62nd Street in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. Both people were seated in a vehicle when another vehicle pulled next to theirs and shots were fired from inside. Both people were brought to the University of Chicago Hospitals, where their conditions were stabilized.

2 shot in Grand Crossing

About 10:15 p.m., two people were shot in the 7200 block of South Dobson Avenue in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. Both were taken to Jackson Park Hospital. One is a 18-year-old man struck in the face or head.

Man shot in Lawndale

At about 12:15 a.m., a male walked into Mount Sinai Hospital after being shot in the arm during a drive-by shooting, police said. The shooting happened in the 2700 block of West 16th Street in the Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side

27-year-old man shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood

At about 1:30 a.m., a 27-year-old man was shot in the thigh in the 5200 block of South Lowe Avenue in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. The man was taken to Stroger, where his condition was stabilized.

25-year-old man shot in Longwood Manor

A 25-year-old man was shot in the head in the 9500 block of South Perry Avenue in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on the South Side. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn serious condition.