Father of 3 Kenwood Academy star athletes killed in South Side shooting

Slain father of 3 Kenwood Academy athletes remembered in balloon release

Hundreds of people joined together on Chicago's South Side tonight to honor Kevin Thunderbird, a father of three Kenwood Academy athletes who was shot to death in Hyde Park earlier this week.

Father of 3 Kenwood Academy star athletes killed in South Side shooting

CHICAGO — The father of the three Kenwood Academy star athletes was killed in a shooting Monday on the city's South Side. Kevin Laron Thunderbird, 36, was the victim of a shooting that happened around 11:45 p.m. in the 5100 block of South Dorchester. According to police, Thunderbird was walking when a vehicle approached and someone inside fired shots at him. Thunderbird returned fire but was shot in the stomach, police said. He was transported i…

Kevin Thunderbird, father of three Kenwood star athletes, killed in Hyde Park shooting

Just two weeks after celebrating a baseball city championship, the Thunderbird brothers are mourning the death of their father.