CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A fifth person died Saturday following a mass shooting earlier this week in Englewood that left three others wounded.
Briana Lawrence was pronounced dead at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Killed were Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 28, mother of a young boy; Denice Mathis, 32, a mother of four boys; Shermetria Williams, 19, the mother of a 2-year-old girl; and Blake Lee, 34, who lived in the home and did odd jobs in the neighborhood.
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The home where the shooting occurred is owned by a Chicago police officer who is facing a lawsuit by the city that ordered him to provide more security at the home.
The “public nuisance” suit was filed in March 2020 after a man was shot during a party inside the two-story, wood-frame structure, which has a gray stone front and sought “action to abate criminal activity” at the home.
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City officials said the suit stalled for more than a year because the officer, Enrique Badillo Sr., couldn’t be reached — even though he works for the city.
Badillo lives in Logan Square and has been stripped of his police powers as the department investigates.
This Englewood mass shooting occurred three days after a pair of shooters opened fire along the 75th Street business corridor that saw 10 people shot, one fatally, near the Chatham and Park Manor border.
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