Washington Heights

Demea Morris was found in a car early Sunday in the 10600 block of South Sangamon Street with a gunshot wound in her head, police said.
The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.
Officers found the girl in the backseat of a car with a gunshot wound to the back of her head, police said.
Four community leaders vie for City Council seats left open by the departures of longtime alderpersons Sawyer and Brookins.
Seven candidates in the 21st Ward are pushing alternatives to conventional policing, while in the nearby 18th Ward, only one candidate is challenging incumbent Ald. Derrick Curtis.
Eric Diggins, 40, was in the 10000 block of South Winston Avenue when he got into a fight with another man.
Jarvis Watts was shot in the 9400 block of South Wallace Street on the South Side and pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.
Police said he was found Wednesday night with a gunshot wound in his neck in the 9100 block of South Lowe Avenue.
The man was attacked in the 500 block of West 99th Street, police said.
A boy, 17, was outside about 10:35 in Washington Heights when someone inside a dark SUV began shooting, police said.
“I never wanted to be one to overstay my welcome. I just believe, after 20 years, it’s the appropriate time to get out — especially with all that I accomplished the last 19 years,” said Ald. Howard Brookins, 58, wrapping up his fifth term on the Council.
“Look what you’ve done. Englewood still has six aldermen. … It’s gonna take an hour and a half for Altgeld Gardens residents who were taken out of my ward and put in the 10th Ward to get to their alderman,” Ald. Anthony Beale (9th), said Monday.
About 2:10 a.m., the 25-year-old was inside a home in the 1500 block of West 94th Street, when he began to fight with a male he knew.
State police responded to the southbound lanes of I-57, near Halsted Street, for calls of shots fired about 11:05 p.m., and found a person who had been shot.
Frank Brown was last seen May 29 after he left his home in the 10000 block of South Racine Avenue.
An organization backed by the private and nonprofit sectors, the Corporate Coalition of Chicago is working to bring businesses to areas lacking investment and the tools to get it.
About 3:20 p.m., he was on the sidewalk in the 10500 block of South Sangamon Avenue, when he heard shots and felt a pain.
A 39-year-old man was killed in a shooting early Sunday in the 1100 block of West 104th Street, police said.
The man, who has a concealed-carry license, was shot in the leg and returned fire, but it was not immediately clear whether he hit anyone, police said.
Officers found Oyele Olpuitan unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his head Tuesday in the 9300 block of South Halsted Street.
Two northbound lanes are closed as state police investigate the crash that happened near 107th Street.
Darnell Fisher, 16, was shot in the chest and arm and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, authorities said.
In each incident someone smashed the windows of closed businesses and stole money and property.
“Preacher’s Kids: The Untold Stories” on Amazon Prime showcases the types of churchgoers the director saw growing up as the son of a Washington Heights reverend.
As officers approached the car, Larone Price put the car in reverse and hit one of them as they tried to open the side door, police said.
An officer trying to stop a car after it ran a stop sign and hit another vehicle was struck when the driver put it in reverse, police said.
The shooting happened within a block of Marcus Garvey Elementary School, 10309 S. Morgan St.
Keishianta Coleman, 22, woman was found with head trauma and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Drew Yancy was last seen about 4 p.m. Nov. 9 in the 10100 block of South Morgan Avenue, Chicago police said.
Katara Channell was charged Tuesday in the murder of Kevin Tucker at the Grand Motel on the Far South Side.