{"id":3328,"date":"2024-10-18T08:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2024-10-18T08:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T13:27:06","slug":"man-accused-in-deadly-west-englewood-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/2024\/10\/18\/man-accused-in-deadly-west-englewood-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Accused in Deadly West Englewood Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Man Accused in Deadly West Englewood Shooting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charges Brought Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Evergreen Park man is facing a felony charge in connection with a deadly shooting that unfolded on the Southwest Side late last year. According to Chicago police, 26-year-old Raheen Thompson has been charged with one count of first-degree murder. The charge stems from his alleged role in a shooting that left a 35-year-old man dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shooting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shooting unfolded just after 9 a.m. on September 14, 2023, in the 6900 block of South Justine Street, in West Englewood. Police said the victim was riding a scooter in the area when Thompson allegedly approached with a gun drawn and opened fire, striking the victim in the leg and stomach. The victim suffered critical injuries in the shooting and later died at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chase and Capture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, Thompson evaded capture for more than a year. However, police eventually caught up with him on Tuesday and took him into custody in the 7400 block of North Rogers Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Court Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thompson is set to appear in court for a detention hearing on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions and Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What was the motive behind the shooting?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>At this time, it is unclear what motivated Thompson to commit the deadly shooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Was the victim known to Thompson?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not clear if the victim had any prior connection to Thompson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>How was Thompson able to evade capture for so long?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not clear what specific investigative techniques were used to ultimately track down and apprehend Thompson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raheen Thompson, 26, has been accused of a deadly shooting in West Englewood that left one man dead. The incident is still under investigation, and it is unclear what motivated the shooting. Thompson&#8217;s next court hearing is set for Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Accused in Deadly West Englewood Shooting Charges Brought Forward An Evergreen Park man is facing a felony charge in connection with a deadly shooting that unfolded on the Southwest Side late last year. According to Chicago police, 26-year-old Raheen Thompson has been charged with one count of first-degree murder. The charge stems from his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-reports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/asdasdxcvxcvasdasdzxczxcasdasd.jpg?w=900&w=900&resize=900,505&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3330,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3328\/revisions\/3330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}