Erik Thompson, 21

21-year-old Erik Thompson was fatally shot late on the night of January 10th after he tried to break up an altercation between his aunt and her boyfriend. The shooting happened about 11:32 p.m. at 4134 West Wilcox Street in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the city's West Side. Reports said the aunt and her boyfriend were involved in an altercation inside a residence. When her nephew tried to break it up, the boyfriend shot him in the head. It is not clear if the couple were arguing or physically fighting. When police arrived, the Thompson was dead. The boyfriend fled after the shooting.

Derrick Ross, 22

Derrick Ross, 22, was shot at about 4:20 p.m. on January 9th while he was riding in a vehicle at 9226 South Ashland Avenue. Reports said someone pulled along side of Ross and fired several shots, striking him in the head.

Kirk Orellana, 23

Kirk Orellana, 23, was fatally shot in the neck at 3:30 a.m. on January 9th in the alley behind 2509 West 51st Street on the Southwest Side. He was pronounced dead at 4:11 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Derrick Dowdell, 40s

At about 9:25 p.m. on January 8th, police found Derrick Dowdell with multiple stab wounds on the first floor hallway of the building at 4343 South Michigan Avenue. He had stab wounds to his chest and shoulder.

Erika Greene, 40

Police found Erika Greene, 40, fatally shot inside a vehicle outside her South Side home. The vehicle was on a lawn, where it stopped after having struck a parked car. Greene, who lived at 8027 South Princeton Avenue, was pronounced dead on the scene at 7:20 p.m. on January 8th.

Larry Lee, 35

Area residents called 911 when they heard several gunshots. Police officers arrived at the scene to find 32-year-old Larry Lee dead on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds at 8644 South Constance Avenue. The shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m. on January 6th.

Brian Green, 23

The incident on January 4th that left 23-year-old Brian Green dead from a gunshot wound happened in the parking lot on the corner of Magnolia Street and Montrose Avenue in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Green was dead on the scene, while a female of an unknown age was wounded in the hand. The shooting appeared gang-related.