Man kills another over dripping air conditioner

Chicago - A dripping window air conditioner led to the execution-style killing of a West Side man, police said. Charles Sims, 28, shot Jimmy Parker eight times. Sims appeared in courton a charge of first-degree murder. He is being held without bond. Sims’ sister had complained to him that Parker dropped water on her from the window of an apartment building in the 5600 block of West Washington, police said. But the water was simply condensation falling from an air conditioner in a third-floor apartment where the 29-year-old Parker was visiting a woman. The warm water fell on Sims’ sister when she returned home to the building shortly before midnight. She called police to report the incident. She also told her brother, who returned to the building and confronted Parker outside.  More