Overview
- Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $10,000 for information after Thursday night’s ambush in the 200 block of North Homan Avenue.
- A gray SUV pulled alongside a white sedan used for an Uber ride and a gunman fired from the rear seat, killing driver Jassen Cho, 38, and passenger Damarion Johnson, 18.
- Both victims were taken to nearby hospitals and pronounced dead, and the medical examiner ruled the deaths homicides.
- Investigators recovered a burned SUV blocks from the scene, and reports note possible Michigan plates and a shooter described as a Black male in a gray sweater.
- Vigils honored Johnson, his high school expanded counseling, Uber is assisting police, and the mayor’s office agreed to cover the teen’s funeral costs while detectives urge anonymous tips.