Killer Of Two Found Dead In Alley

"EVANSTON, IL — Authorities are investigating the apparent suicide in Evanston of a 33-year-old man suspected in two Chicago slayings Friday night, one downtown and one in Rogers Park, a few blocks from where the suspect was found dead.

"The man, identified as Dante Simmons, of Rogers Park, was found about 8:15 a.m. by a man shoveling snow behind a 3-story apartment building in the 100 block of Clyde Avenue in Evanston, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office had been notified of a death at that location, but were confirming the man's identity because his family had not yet identified him.

"Simmons appeared to have shot himself in the head, and investigators found a 9mm handgun nearby, according to a news release from Evanston police.

"Simmons was wanted by the Chicago Police Department in connection with the slaying of a 22-year-old man at a River North Walgreens about 10 p.m. and in connection with another slaying, of a 15-year-old boy, near the Evanston border in the 1800 block of West Juneway Terrace, just south of Calvary Cemetery, according to a release from Evanston police. In that incident, a body was found near the corner of Chicago Avenue and Juneway.

"Chicago Police, however, issued a statement later this afternoon that said Simmons was a suspect in the Walgreens' shooting, but did not confirm Simmons was a suspect in the Juneway homicide."

From The Chicago Tribune...