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  "path": "/crime/2026/02/22/two-teens-charged-murder-carjacking-spree-north-south-sides",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T18:12:05.310Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>Two teenagers were charged over the weekend for fatally shooting two men during a carjacking spree earlier this month that spanned the North and South sides, Chicago police said.</p><p>Marquese Hill, 18, and a 17-year-old boy were charged with several felonies, including first-degree murder and aggravated 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.</p><p>Darwin Tirado, 22, and Damon Kellum, 45, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/02/12/murderslinked\" target=\"_blank\" >were killed about an hour apart</a> in the Feb. 11 attacks.</p><p>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 Lakeview neighborhood. The two had left a nearby tavern when Hill and the 17-year-old allegedly attacked them, police said.</p><p>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.</p><p>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 his 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>When police tried arresting him Feb. 19, Hill, who was using crutches, hit an officer with the crutches. He also faces charges for a carjacking from Jan. 10 in the 7500 block of N. Claremont Avenue in West Rogers Park.</p><p>The teenager was arrested later that afternoon.</p><p>The two made their first court appearances Saturday and were ordered held until trial.</p>",
  "title": "Two teens charged with murder during carjacking spree across North, South sides",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-22T18:12:05.310Z"
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