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Humboldt Park Dad Killed by Rival Gang During Drug Dispute, Prosecutors Say

By  Erica Demarest and Mauricio Peña | May 28, 2015 10:07am | Updated on May 28, 2015 6:21pm

 Kortillious Gipson, 23, was charged with first-degree murder.
Kortillious Gipson, 23, was charged with first-degree murder.
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COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — Prosecutors said a Humboldt Park dad gunned down last summer was killed during an ongoing gang dispute over drug territory.

Samuel Walker Sr., 34, was shot to death in Humboldt Park on July 31, 2014 — just one week after his son, 13-year-old Samuel Walker Jr., was fatally shot in East Garfield Park.

Police this week arrested Kortillious Gipson, 23, who admitted he shot Walker Sr. because Walker and his friends had been threatening Gipson's family for days, Assistant State's Attorney Barry Quinn said during a bond hearing Thursday.

According to prosecutors, Walker Sr. and Gipson were members of rival gangs involved in "an ongoing territorial drug dispute."

Several witnesses saw Gipson chase Walker and another man through Humboldt Park about 9 a.m. on July 31, 2014, Quinn said. One of the witnesses, an off-duty security guard who'd been driving through the area, followed the group, chasing them into an alley. There, Quinn alleged, Gipson briefly pointed a gun at the guard before continuing to chase Walker.

Gipson caught up with Walker in the 4100 block of West Crystal Street, where Gipson hopped on a parked car and shot Walker in his head, buttocks and arm, prosecutors said.

Walker was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Hospital.

During the course of the police investigation, Quinn said, several witnesses identified Gipson as the shooter.

Gipson, of the 1100 block of North Kedvale Avenue, was charged with first-degree murder. On Thursday, Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered him held without bail.

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