Off-duty church security guard shot to death in Chicago
Chicago IL May 14 2021
The New Greater St. John MB Church, 3101 W. Warren announced the murder and the funeral service for Julius Barnes, the church’s security guard.
Barnes was fatally shot in Humboldt Park on May 2, according to authorities.
Barnes, 34, and a 40-year-old man were on the sidewalk in the 800 block of North Ridgeway Avenue, the same block where Barnes lived police said, when someone walked up and shot both men, police said at the time.
Barnes was shot in the left shoulder and right leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The 40-year-old was shot in the right arm and lower abdomen but was in good condition, police said. No one has been arrested in the double shooting.
During the funeral for Barnes, a man was found by police fatally shot in a nearby alley less than a block away.
The 29-year-old was shot in the upper torso and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The shooter and other men from the group that was waiting outside fled on foot into an alley, got in a car and drove off, police said.
