Two teens charged in killings, carjackings on North, South sides
Feb 22, 2026
Two teenagers were charged over the weekend in the fatally shooting of two men during a string of carjackings this month that spanned the North and South sides, Chicago police said.Marquese Hill, 18, and a 17-year-old boy were charged with several felonies, including first-degree murder and aggravat
ed vehicular hijacking with a weapon, according to police. Hill faces additional charges for aggravated battery of a police officer and aggravated vehicular hijacking of a handicapped person. Police did not name the 17-year-old because he is underage.Darwin Tirado, 22, and Damon Kellum, 45, were killed about an hour apart in the Feb. 11 attacks.Tirado was sitting in a parked car with a friend just before 4 a.m. in the 700 block of West Waveland Avenue in the Lake View neighborhood. The two had left a nearby tavern when Hill and the 17-year-old allegedly attacked them, police said.Tirado was fatally shot, and his friend, a 38-year-old man, was punched in the face. The friend got out of the Hyundai Sonata and Hill and the teenager fled in the car, according to police.Less than an hour later and 12 miles south in Oakland, Kellum was in his car in the 3700 block of South Lake Park Avenue when Hill and the 17-year-old allegedly fatally shot him, police said. They got into Kellum's Nissan Altima and drove to a gas station in the 4200 block of South Wentworth Avenue in Fuller Park. Tirado’s car was found near where Kellum was killed, according to police.At the gas station, police say Hill and the teenager tried to steal a 70-year-old man’s car at gunpoint. But when they attempted to get away in the car, the driver was able to flee with his keys, according to police.They got back in the stolen Nissan and drove to the 8600 block of South Lafayette Avenue in Chatham around 5 a.m. They approached a 38-year-old man sitting in traffic in a Chevy Malibu. They forced him out of the car at gunpoint and fled.When police tried arresting him Thursday, Hill, who was using crutches, hit an officer with the crutches. He also faces carjacking charges in connection with a Jan. 10 incident in the 7500 block of North Claremont Avenue in West Rogers Park.The teenager was arrested Thursday afternoon.The two made their first court appearances Saturday and were ordered held until trial.
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