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To: longnshort who wrote (706841)

3/31/2013 5:36:33 PM

From: joseffy

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Police: Grandson killed, robbed 72-year-old man who was headed to dialysis

BY TINA SFONDELES March 30, 2013
suntimes.com

William Strickland. Photo/Chicago Police

William Strickland waited for his grandfather to step out of his South Side home to take his paratransit ride to a kidney dialysis appointment early March 2, authorities said Saturday — then stood behind the 72-year-old man, shot him six times in the back and stole his wallet, leaving him to die just steps from his home.

Prosecutors said Saturday that Strickland, 19, used the money he took from his grandfather, who also was named William Strickland, to pay for new gym shoes, a cellphone and tattoos.

The teen had no criminal history but was an admitted gang member, they said.

He’d been living with his grandfather, according to neighbors.

“I just know that he stayed there,” said neighbor Mario Farmer, who was shocked at hearing the news about the grandson being accused. “I would have never expected it. That’s sad. That’s really sad.”

The younger Strickland was charged late Friday with first-degree murder and armed robbery with a handgun in the March 2 shooting in the 400 block of East 95th Street. On Saturday, a judge ordered him held without bail.

Police initially said Strickland was with another man during the robbery, but no one else was in custody Saturday.

Prosecutors said the semi-automatic gun used in the killing was owned by Strickland’s grandfather and that he’d stolen it from the older man.

The elder Strickland liked to get to his dialysis appointment early, according to neighbors. “He went early,” Theolene Shears, 84, said after the shooting. “He said he liked it better so he could get it over with.”

Strickland was headed to a Pace paratransit van for his ride to his dialysis appointment and had just made it to the gangway of his home when two men robbed and shot him several times, according to police. He died a short while later, around 4 a.m., just steps from his home.

Neighbors said Strickland, who sometimes walked with a cane, went to dialysis three times a week.

Family and neighbors said Strickland had recently retired after working nearly 30 years at a steel mill.

Shears, who heard three shots, said “he watched out for the neighborhood” and reported any trouble he saw.

Another neighbor, who asked not to be named, said the younger Strickland was quiet and “mysterious.”

Rob Lynn16 minutes ago

Why am I not surprised?
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Meaunkey Snaut19 minutes ago

Rahm, how's your day going, seen the headlines?

Think about it Rahm, if that rabid POS hadn't had that gun then his grandpa would still be alive...

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...yeah right, and then you woke up.

Nope, it's not the guns Dogfather, it's the rabid POS thugs you let run loose in your city.
(but you knew that)
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Archie Goodwin20 minutes ago

gars are feral, that's why they act like they do. the best way to treat a feral animal is to just "put it down" (if you get my drift). Perhaps the Justice Brothers, Jessie and his Pal will save this POS. And you are correct, if O'bumble had a son he'd look like this.
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Tina Trenner28 minutes ago

So we have a gun problem? I think we have a very deep and troubling morals problem...Lack of simple decency...forget going out of your way to help, like helping his Grandfather to his treatment,. This kid like many others has Zero...Nothing inside...this puke was living with his grandfather and shot him in the back..Coward..He is so void of human emotion that the man who was housing him and most certainly feeding him was not worth the price of a pair of gym shoes....Its chilling to see what can come of 60 years of sliding into progressive communism...This is what you turn out....soulless monsters.who know no God, kindness or love....All they want is " things" . Its all about what they feel and want... and they are out there by the millions...Then they say its the guns???...If he had no gun he would have clubbed the old man to death with a rock. I say the death penalty is way under used...
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Td Torquemada39 minutes ago

If Obama had a son, he'd look just like him....well, maybe bigger ears.