23 Hurt, 7 Dead In Chicago Over The Weekend
We’ve always heard that as the warmer months get closer, the violence in Chicago reaches gut-wrenching levels.
Such was the case this weekend.
CBS Chicago reports:
Seven people were killed and at least 23 others have been wounded in separate shootings across the city since Friday evening, including eight shot within the first 30 minutes of June.
The most recent fatal shooting happened Sunday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Erik Kall, 27, was shot several times in the 6200 block of South Francisco Avenue shortly after 10 p.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Kall, of the 5100 block of South Moody Avenue, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:22 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.
About 8:50 p.m., a 31-year-old man was shot to death in the South Side South Deering neighborhood.
The man standing near the 9600 block of South Brennan Avenue when several people walked up and opened fire, striking him several times, police said.
Denero Appleton, of the 9900 block of South Calhoun Avenue, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Early Sunday in the Austin neighborhood, a teenage boy was killed and five others were wounded.
The six were standing in a group at the intersection of West Ferdinand Street and North Lavergne Avenue about 12:30 a.m. when several shooters emerged from a nearby alley and opened fire, police said.
Donald Williams, 17, of the 3000 block of West Dickens Street, was shot in the back, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Williams was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:19 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
Five other people – all females — were shot and listed in “stable” condition after the shooting, police said. A 14-year-old girl was shot in the buttocks and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. Another girl, 17, was also shot in the buttocks and taken to Mount Sinai. Two women — both 19 — were also shot. One suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and showed up at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. The other woman was shot in the thigh and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital. A 22-year-old women took several “bullet fragments” to the back and was also taken to West Suburban, police said.
A teenage boy was killed in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Nicholas Keener, 16, was walking with a group in the 3800 block of North St. Louis Avenue about 10:30 p.m. when shots were fired from a passing light-colored vehicle, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Keener, of the 4800 block of North Hamlin Avenue, was shot in the chest and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m., authorities said. Police said the shooting is possibly gang-related.
About 15 minutes earlier, a 33-year-old man was shot to death in the South Chicago neighborhood.
De Angelo Russell was walking with a friend in the 2600 block of East 83rd Street about 10:15 p.m. when at least one gunman walked up and fired shots, authorities said.
Russell, of the 8200 block of South Marquette Avenue, was shot in the thigh, leg and arm and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m., authorities said.
Another man was shot dead Saturday afternoon in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
, 21, of the 7000 block of South Halsted Street, was sitting in an SUV in the 700 block of East 87th Street about 3:20 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots, hitting him several times, police and the medical examiner’s office said.
He was dead at the scene at 3:25 p.m., authorities said.
Friday night, a man was killed and another man was hurt in a shooting in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood. Charles D. Short, 51, was shot in the head about 6:30 p.m. in the 4200 block of South Princeton Avenue, according to police and the medical examiner’s office.
Short, of the 6700 block of South Indiana Avenue, was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:35 p.m., the medical examiner’s office said.
Another man, 32, was shot in the chest and taken to Stroger in “stable” condition.
At least 17 others were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening.
I don’t know why but when the weather breaks it seems that so does the crime rate in big cities. It goes off the Richter Scale for some reason. So I say to ya’ll be safe this summer and don’t be part of the problem …help to solve the problem. We as a community have lost too many street soldier to the war. It’s time for the violence to stop! Pray for those families that lost their loved ones and for those injured that are trying to recover!
Donald Sterling Attends Service At Black Church
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Sterling, whose racist remarks in a recording triggered the fight over ownership of Los Angeles Clippers, attended a predominantly black church service in South Los Angeles on Sunday.
Sterling told KNBC-TV he went to Praises of Zion Missionary Baptist Church to support the church and said the service was “beautiful.”
The station said the church’s pastor met Sterling recently and invited him to worship with the congregation. Sterling received a warm welcome, and Pastor J. Benjamin Hardwick told him the congregation was praying for him.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver fined Sterling $2.5 million, banned him from the league and started the process to end his ownership of the Clippers after an audio recording of Sterling disparaging blacks became public in April.
If he thinks that one attempt is gonna redeem in the black community he is sadly mistaken. That’s just one church and one set of people prayin for his stankin azz.. The rest of the world is still hoping he gets what he deserves.He’s gonna have to do a hell of alot more community outreach and fraternizing with African American and Latinos for my thoughts to even start ti turn around towards him but I’m only one person so I’d like to know what you think on the whole Donald Sterling thing?
LA Deputy: Singer Chris Brown Released From Jail
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say singer Chris Brown has been released from a Los Angeles County jail.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputy Tony Moore tells The Associated Press that Brown was freed at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Moore says he doesn’t have any other details on the release.
Brown has been in custody since mid-March, when he was arrested after being expelled from a court- ordered rehab sentence for violating its rules.
A judge last month ordered the R&B singer to remain in jail after he admitted he violated his probation by getting into an altercation outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., last year.
The troubled singer tweeted a message to his fans hours after his release:
YAY! Chris Breezy is out! I hope his little young but done learned some lessons in that long stent of jail time they gave him and stays the hell outta trouble and Rhianna too. You know they be on again then offf again. I hope that he stays clean and out off trouble this time.And you know he was up in there writing some killa material. I look forward to a hot new record from Breezy sometime in the near future I’m guestimating around Christmas or the first of the year. You just wait and see!
INDIANA PACERS FORWARD PAUL GEORGE HIT WITH PATERNITY SUIT FROM EX-STRIPPER
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George’s relationship with an ex-stripper is coming back on him with a new paternity suit.
Daniela Rajic, 24 , filed paternity papers in Manhattan family court on Wednesday, the New York Post reports. George’s relationship with Rajic only lasted a few months last year. According to the Post, Rajic, who gave birth to her daughter Olivia on May 1, is now a full-time mom who has moved to New York to be closer to her family.
“Paul and Daniela saw each other a number of times over the course of a few months in Miami last summer,” a source told PageSix.com. “She became pregnant, and their daughter was born on May 1. She has already undertaken a paternity test, and there’s no question he is the father. The court is still expected to order an official DNA test.”
Although Rajic’s lawyers Raoul Felder and Daniel Nottes didn’t commented on the situation Wednesday night, George had previously said he was ready to step up and help raise the child.
“If and when there is legal confirmation that I am the father, I will fully embrace my responsibilities,” the NBA star said in the statement.
Despite stepping up to raise his daughter, another source told Page Six Wednesday that George had not yet seen any court papers and was, instead, focused on the Pacers’ game against the Miami Heat.
Well now that the seasons over for the Pacers maybe Paul George can step up and be a father to his baby. Although I’m sure this is just a money scheme for his Baby Momma. She more then likely planned to get pregnant by him to buy her way up out the strip club who else would get pregnant after only a few months of dating. That ish wasn’t no accident when the hooked up that chick saw dolla signs and stopped taking her birth control. She done cut all her old tricks off to make sure she caught the big fish and George was just dumb enough to get caught up! Noone ever d
‘BRADY BUNCH’ALICE DEAD AT 88 After Bathroom Fall
TV legend Ann B. Davis who played Alice on “The Brady Bunch” has died … TMZ has learned.
According to the couple she lived with in Texas … Ann fell in her bathroom early this morning and hit her head causing grave damage. We’re told she never regained consciousness.
Her roommate says Davis had been pretty healthy for an 88-year old woman — and her death was a total shock. In fact, she even walked downstairs to say goodnight before going to bed.
Davis played the housekeeper Alice Nelson for the entire original run of “The Brady Bunch” from 1969 to 1974. She also filled the role for countless other TV movies and reunions. She last played Alice for 5 episodes of “The Bradys” in 1990.
We’re told Ann was very close to some members of the church she attended in Texas — and they are currently planning funeral arrangements.
Rest in Peace Alice!
V. Stiviano Attacked In New York… Lawyer Claims
V. Stiviano was attacked on the streets of NYC by a pack of men who yelled racial slurs … at least, that’s what her lawyer is telling people.
According to her attorney, V. was leaving dinner with her sister and friends by the Gansevoort Hotel on Sunday night when two men followed her and attacked.
Stiviano’s lawyer claims she was punched several times while the men screamed racial slurs.
Officials tell TMZ Sports … no police were called and a police report was never filed.
Her lawyer claims she will file a report early today.
I don’t know why we are still hearing tis girls name isn’t she a non factor at this point. Who cares if she got attacked. I don’t mean to sound heartless but to see her still in the entertainment news…SMDH! She just needs to go find her another 70 year old Suga Daddy and sit her lil narrow butt down somewheres.