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Weekend Blotter: 5 Dead, 18 Wounded In Weekend Violence

By Samantha Abernethy in News on May 20, 2013 6:40PM


  • At least five people were killed and 18 were wounded in citywide violence over the weekend.

  • Clifton "Manny" Barney, 17, was shot multiple times and killed around 7:25 p.m. Friday in an alley in the Grand Crossing neighborhood. The boy's mother says she believes it was in retaliation for a May 13 shooting death at Harold's Chicken Shack.

  • Ramar Bonner, 40, was found shot to death around 8 p.m. Friday in the Austin neighborhood.

  • Keith Johnson, 27, was shot and killed during an argument with a man on the sidewalk on the West Side around 3:50 a.m. Saturday.

  • Shaneda Lawrence, 30, was shot and killed around 9 p.m. Saturday when shots were fired into a group at a park in Englewood. A 24-year-old man was also shot and wounded.

  • Edward Jordan, 53, was fatally shot around 2:10 a.m. Sunday in the Austin neighborhood.

  • A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times while playing with a handgun around 3 p.m. Saturday in Little Village. A 16-year-old boy, who was not there at the time, was charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct for bringing the weapon into the home.

  • Two people were sitting in a car around 2:20 a.m. in Albany Park when a man approached and opened fire. A 17-year-old male was shot in the head and is in critical condition. A 19-year-old woman was shot in the forearm.