If Charged, is This a Murder?
- A 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot while they were playing with a gun Wednesday on the West Side, police said.
The boy, whose name was not being made public by police, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and is slated to appear for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Monday, police said.
The victim, Tracy Davis, 14, was found with a gunshot wound to the head around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of North Homan Avenue in East Garfield Park. She was dead on the scene, officials said.
She and the teenage boy were playing with a handgun when the weapon discharged and she was fatally shot, according to a police statement. The offender fled the scene after the shooting, the statement said.
Unreported was that the shooter staged the scene to look like a suicide before he fled, leading to a short-lived manhunt. He was charged in the death and the M.E. calls it a homicide. So the question becomes does this count in the stats or is this another one of those "mystery murders" that disappear into the CompStat graveyard of Death Investigations. Like that hooker tied to the chair and found in an advanced state of decay. "Can't determine what killed her, must be a mystery!" like she tied herself to the chair with wire before dying.
Oh, and Garry didn't release whether the gun was properly registered, whether the shooter had an FOID card and if a Concealed Carrier was located within half-a-mile of the scene.
Oh, and Garry didn't release whether the gun was properly registered, whether the shooter had an FOID card and if a Concealed Carrier was located within half-a-mile of the scene.
posted by SCC at 12:33 AM
22 Comments:
Barb West. Nuff said.
They jus be clownin.
I know I'm being picky but........gun registration only exists as an administrative rule for Chicago Police. Everyone else only need an FOID.
Negligent homicide at best, murder at worst. Gee, we were just playing with it and it went off. Sure you were.
"A 17-year-old boy has been charged..." & "The boy, whose name was not being made public..." & "She and the teenage boy were playing with a handgun..."
Typical scumbag media... made sure to try and drive home their liberal spin that this asshole is supposedly only a "boy" - like he should be void of any culpability in the matter. Never mind the fact that he's been charged as an adult.
My favorite part of the story is his attempt to stage the scene as a suicide. It's my understanding his plan was moving along swimmingly until he signed-off on the suicide note as "Tre-C".
It counts. A similar incident happened last year and we counted it too. However, the guy found rolled up in a carpet inside a burning garage a few months back is still a "mystery".
Garry is busy with that new young wife of his.
We need to hear more from the WhY-singer he is one of the smartest bosses at HQ. He wanders from event to event every day acting like he actually run something.
He will never be the main man...
Oh wait, were these two CPS students?
No. It's not a murder.
Death investigation . . . forever
Playing with a gun happens when the 'children' are 7 and 4, not 17 and 14.
WHATEVER this was, it was NOT children playing with a gun.
WOW ! When the "Powers to Be" get done spinning this one around, this young man will have all the tools to become a fine upstanding "Community Activist"
Involuntary is NOT a counter
Murder on chiraq another thug crime, police not involved! Winning! Will jackson,flaky and that crew march? Black lives matter? err guess not unless police kill thug who shoots at police or attempts to disarm police!
"Like that hooker tied to the chair and found in an advanced state of decay. "Can't determine what killed her, must be a mystery!" like she tied herself to the chair with wire before dying."
They do the Gosh-darnedest things. Remember the one in -- The New Jackson Hotel, was it? -- who murdered herself and then stuffed herself upside-down into a tiny broom closet until, possibly weeks later, someone downstairs noticed that something was seriously amiss up in there?
OT - Just finished reading Deano's column in the FLOP Newsletter. Deano is very proud that he was asked to testify about the cell phone case which looks like a handgun at the City Council. He also pats himself on the back for testifying in Springfield "the very next morning" Hey Dean - that is part of your job!! Nowhere in the newsletter is CALEA mentioned. Dean - who are you trying to fool?? Any concerned citizen may testify - your column insinuates that you first must be invited. So what if Burke & Madigan had their secretary call you.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PROACTIVE POLICING - BECOME PROACTIVE IN CITY HALL & SPRINGFIELD!!
Why don't you call Lisa Madigan and ask her why she is taking a definitive IL Supreme Court decision on pensions to the U.S. Supreme Court???
TIME FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON "Disability Dean" !!!
TIME FOR RETIREES TO STOP GIVING YOU A BLANK CHECK & WITHOLD THEIR DUES!!!
This will remain another unsolved murder. Why do you think Lt one "N" is still in charge of violent crimes at Area North?! He's a brilliant re-classifier of homicides and McGarry finds him quite entertaining after a couple of cold ones.
I Fart In Your General Direction said...
My favorite part of the story is his attempt to stage the scene as a suicide. It's my understanding his plan was moving along swimmingly until he signed-off on the suicide note as "Tre-C".
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Ghetto Copper humor at it's best. ROTFLMAO!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT - Just finished reading Deano's column in the FLOP Newsletter. Deano is very proud that he was asked to testify about the cell phone case which looks like a handgun at the City Council. He also pats himself on the back for testifying in Springfield "the very next morning" Hey Dean - that is part of your job!! Nowhere in the newsletter is CALEA mentioned. Dean - who are you trying to fool?? Any concerned citizen may testify - your column insinuates that you first must be invited. So what if Burke & Madigan had their secretary call you.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT PROACTIVE POLICING - BECOME PROACTIVE IN CITY HALL & SPRINGFIELD!!
Why don't you call Lisa Madigan and ask her why she is taking a definitive IL Supreme Court decision on pensions to the U.S. Supreme Court???
TIME FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON "Disability Dean" !!!
TIME FOR RETIREES TO STOP GIVING YOU A BLANK CHECK & WITHOLD THEIR DUES!!!
8/16/2015 06:04:00 PM
Thought this guy has a PhD (pretty high diploma) and this is what he cares about? Ahh dean cut the nonsense sir what counts is pension issues speak about this important issue!
TIME FOR RETIREES TO STOP GIVING YOU A BLANK CHECK & WITHOLD THEIR DUES!!!
Not a good idea. You don't pay your dues you are no longer a member and you give up any say on elections and other important issues that concern the members. That would be exactly what the real mutts in the "Fraternal Organization" that is called your Union want! They do need some adult supervision. You leave, good luck getting back in. Maybe YOU should get involved by attending some meetings and demand answers to your questions and concerns. Make them earn your dues!
an was charged with assaulting peace officers after pointing a gun at police early Sunday morning, according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department.
Officers responding to a burglary call in the 1900 block of South Trumbull Avenue at 4:17 a.m. Sunday found Bernal Eubanks, 39, who matched the description they were given of the burglar, police said.
Eubanks refused to follow orders and then pulled a gun on the officers, police said. The officers got the gun away from him and took him into custody.
Eubanks, of the 3300 block of West Congress Parkway, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault to a peace officer, one count of trespassing and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. He is expected to appear in court Monday.
Hey what no charge for no FOID........... Did he have a CCW
Come we need to ask these questions
14AUG @ 08:14 - Regarding my call to stop paying dues, i think you are right. Guess i'll still pay them so i still have a voice. Thank you for your suggestion.
Cranky Retiree
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