December 27, 2011 Chicago nightclub security, patron shot dead www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL Dec 27 2011 A nightclub bouncer and a partygoer celebrating his 30th birthday were shot dead outside a bar in Chicago’s River West neighborhood early Christmas Day, police and relatives said.
Bouncer Robert Warren, 34, and factory worker Jose Duckins, 30, were both killed in the gunfire outside the Victor Hotel nightclub in the 300 block of North Sangamon.
Detectives Sunday were questioning a suspect who had been thrown out of the club earlier that night, but returned and “just started shooting,” Warren’s niece April Bullock said.
Her uncle, of the 7300 block of North Damen, “was just doing his job and he was killed for no reason,” Bullock added. “He had kids — we’re all in shock.”
Duckins, of the 3600 block of West Franklin, had gone to the club with four or five friends to celebrate his birthday, according to his distraught little sister Voshunda Duckins. He was shot at close range in the chest, relatives said. Both he and Warren — who was also shot in the chest — were declared dead at Stroger Hospital.
A 21-year-old friend of Duckins survived the shooting with a bullet wound to his arm. He was treated and released at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Police Officer John Mirabelli said.
Duckins had bought his 4-year-old son Jose Jr. a remote control car, clothes and Transformers toys for Christmas, his sister said as relatives mourned at the family home.
“He was a loving family man,” she said. “He was expecting another child and he didn’t deserve this.”
No charges had been filed as of Sunday evening, and the shooting was still under investigation, Chicago Police Officer Veejay Zala said.
Source:Chicago Sun Times
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