CHICAGO — Officials say a murder victim managed to shoot his killer before dying, and, after the murderer fled, a passerby took the victim’s gun, hunted down the killer, and shot some more.
Yeah, this is starting out Chicago style. Dis gon' be good.
It all happened last Friday afternoon in the 7400 block of South Euclid. . .
South Euclid, you say?
Quijuan Lewis, a 20-year-old on parole for less than two months for a gun conviction, got out of a car and crouched behind a vehicle as the victim, 36-year-old Delegance Crawl
The names... the names.
Ultimately, prosecutors say, Lewis shot Crawl in the back of the head. And Crawl shot Lewis in the leg. As Crawl lay gravely wounded, Lewis ran to a nearby gas station for help and stashed his gun in a potato chip display. . .
Potato chip rack, you say? chef's kiss
Back at the shooting scene, a passerby who has not been identified picked up Crawl’s gun from beside his motionless body and marched over to the gas station. They used Crawl’s gun to shoot Lewis “multiple” times in the buttocks and then ran away
Forrest Gump In tha butt-ox? /ForrestGump
[Lewis] received a one-year sentence [. . .] with the state’s standard 50% good behavior discount and credits earned while in custody, he was released from prison on January 18, the same day he arrived.
Rotating door, keep on spinning.
Hah, I actually know this area. Sad thing is, there are some beautiful neighborhoods in the South Side. Areas that were English, Irish, Polish, etc., all changed dramatically in roughly the 1940s/1950s. Beautiful old homes, walkable city blocks, trees -- it should be an urban paradise.
This is near where Michelle Obama grew up.
Friends and I used to drive down to a taco bell and white castle in this neighborhood. You had to hand over your cash (and receive your food) through a sealed metal box behind bullet proof glass--like at a bank. Yeah, it was crazy.