Gunman faces murder charge after victim in ’ 03 attack dies
Melvin Sims died in December — 14 years after he was paralyzed in a West Side shooting that landed the gunman a 24- year prison sentence.
Now that an autopsy shows the 57- year- old Sims died from complications related to his injuries, the shooter — Paul Anderson — has been charged with murder.
Anderson was convicted on attempted murder charges for his role in the 2003 shooting.
Anderson, now 37, and a co- defendant opened fire on Sims and his brother, Sammy, as the brothers sat on the porch of their Lawndale home.
Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil on Thursday ordered Anderson held in lieu of $ 2 million bail for murder.
Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Jamie Santini said Anderson was dealing drugs near the Sims’ home in the 700 block of South Springfield on March 29, 2003, and argued with Melvin Sims over money Sims said Anderson owed Sims’ brother. Anderson drove off, and the Sims brothers walked back to their house.
Minutes later, Santini said, Anderson and his cohort came walking through a nearby vacant lot, and opened fire on the brothers, striking both men in the head. Andy Grimm
Man charged in hit- and- run that killed 1, injured 4
A southwest suburban man faces a felony charge for allegedly leaving the scene of a crash late Wednesday that killed one man and injured four others in unincorporated Willowbrook.
Just before midnight, a silver Nissan Rogue headed south on Route 83 collided with a red 1999 Buick that pulled out into traffic from Mockingbird Lane, according to a statement from the DuPage County sheriff’s office.
The driver of the Buick, identified as Marlon K. Myles, 19, left the scene of the crash without stopping to provide help, the sheriff’s office said.
One of the passengers in the Nissan, Abin Mathew, 26, of Westmont, was ejected from the SUV and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Luke Wilusz
Man convicted of sexually assaulting child for 2 years
Angel Gallegos Ortiz, 31, of Aurora, faces between 18 and 180 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child he knew for two years.
He was convicted Thursday of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, according to the Kane County state’s attorney’s office.
Between August 2013 and April 2015, Gallegos Ortiz sexually assaulted a child younger than 13 years old, prosecutors said.
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Man tries to carjack BMW
A man who tried to carjack a BMW but failed Thursday morning on the Near West Side may have had shots fired at him by his prospective victim.
A 34- year- old man was getting out of his BMW in the 2600 block of West Jackson about 10: 30 a. m. when he was approached by a male suspect armed with a weapon, according to Chicago Police.
The suspect demanded the vehicle, but the victim refused, and the would- be carjacker ran away, police said.
Police would not confirm reports that the victim fired shots at the suspect.
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Driver who killed firefighter gets 10 years
Simeon Barrientos, 23, who killed a Chicago firefighter in a hit- and- run crash last year in the North Side Rogers Park neighborhood, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
About 7: 30 p. m. on June 12, 2016, Lorenzo Douglas was outside his parked vehicle in the 6500 block of North Ashland when a northbound minivan moved into the southbound lanes and hit him, his vehicle and two other parked vehicles, authorities said.
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CPD: Man shot to death in Park Manor
A man was shot to death Thursday evening in the Park Manor neighborhood on the South Side, according to police. The 29- year- old was shot in his head at 6: 37 p. m. by someone who got out of a Chevrolet Equinox and fired at him in the 6900 block of South Indiana, according to Chicago Police. Nader Issa