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The gun that a 32-year-old man used in a daylong killing spree that stretched from Chicago’s South Side into Evanston in January was likely used in at least five other shootings over the past 11 years, documents released to the Tribune on Friday revealed.
Evanston Police Department The .45-caliber Glock pistol Jason Nightengale used in a January killing spree that began on the South Side and ended in Evanston was likely used in five prior shootings in Chicago dating to 2009, according to police reports obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. Nightengale, 32, killed five people, including a University of Chicago student in an East Hyde Park parking garage, a doorwoman of a nearby condo building, a convenience-store worker on the South Side, a woman he took hostage at an IHOP restaurant in Evanston and a 15-year-old girl, Damia Smith, who fought for ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Damia Smith, 15, fought for her life 24 days in the hospital, but died Tuesday, becoming the fifth victim of a Jan. 9 shooting rampage. "She was happy, vibrant, friendly. She loved life, she really enjoyed life," said Tiffany Hammond, Damia's mother. "She was a typical teen too. She loved to sleep in." The mother and daughter were in a vehicle together headed southbound on South Halsted Street near West 93rd Street when police say gunman Jason Nightengale went on a random shooting rampage from the Far South Side to Evanston. Police say he shot seven people before Evanston pol...
5th victim dies from Evanston-Chicago shooting spree; 911 calls from deadly rampage released