Man wounded in Monday Uptown shooting dies
A man died early Thursday after he and four others were wounded in a Monday evening shooting near an Uptown neighborhood church. Darius Oliver, 21, of the 500 block of West 14th Place, was pronounced...
View ArticleTeen boy killed in West Side shooting
A 14-year-old boy died after he was shot on the West Side early Sunday.About 12:20 a.m., 14-year-old Lavander Hearnes was standing outside in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street with several other...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in South Chicago
A man was fatally shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Sunday afternoon.The 33-year-old man was shot in the head about 3:05 p.m. in the 2900 block of East 91st Street, according to police News...
View ArticleEast Garfield Park teen, readying for freshman year, killed at back-to-school...
An endless stream of people came to see Barbara Perry Monday morning, as she sat in a wooden arm chair in a shady corner of her backyard.“As the days pass, it will get better,” the East Garfield Park...
View ArticleMan found dead on South Side, gunshot wounds all over his body
A man was fatally shot on the South Side early Tuesday morning, according to police.The 23-year-old man was found lying in the 6200 block of South State Street about 1:30 a.m., police said.The man, who...
View ArticleSouth Deering teen killed early Tuesday, shot in head while riding in car
A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle on the South Side early Tuesday, authorities said.Pierce Curry was in the backseat of the vehicle when gunfire erupted from a car that...
View ArticleReport: Father of four had hopes for the future.
DNAinfo reports that Jerrell Brooks, shot and killed Aug. 18 as he and his brother sat in a car, was studying welding, and dreamed of someday owning his own truck. Police and Brooks' family said he had...
View ArticleMan found beaten to death in Englewood trash can identified
A man who was beaten to death and found in a garbage can Monday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been identified. Ernest Pritchett III, 51, was dead a the scene in the 700 block of...
View ArticleWoman shot, killed, in East Garfield Park
A woman wounded in an East Garfield Park shooting Monday afternoon on the West Side has died.Lakeisha Tate, 28, was shot about 1:40 p.m. outside in the 3300 block of West Harrison Street, according to...
View ArticlePolice: Man stabbed to death in Portage Park
A 53-year-old man was apparently stabbed to death by a family member following an argument Tuesday evening at a Northwest Side apartment the two shared, police said.Officers were called to the 3900...
View ArticleMan charged in South Chicago murder, robbery
A South Side man was charged with murder Tuesday for allegedly shooting a man dead in the South Chicago neighborhood during a Sunday afternoon robbery.Devon Brunt, 18, of the 9600 block of South...
View ArticleReport: Slain West Side man struggled after job layoff
DNAinfo reports that Elvis Canfield, a 51-year-old grandfather stabbed to death in a fight Wednesday, had been through a string of bad luck since losing his job. Back working part time, he was hopeful,...
View ArticleNo bond for teen charged with murdering Iraqi War veteran
By Michael Lansu and Rummana HussainA South Side man was ordered held without bond Wednesday for allegedly murdering a 33-year-old Iraq war veteran in a robbery over the weekend in the South Chicago...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Avalon Park
A 35-year-old man was shot to death on a sidewalk in the Avalon Park neighborhood Wednesday night.Dwan Long was standing on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Avalon Avenue when two men walked up...
View ArticlePolice: Portage Park man stabbed father to death in argument
A man was charged with stabbing his father to death following an argument Tuesday evening in their apartment in the Northwest Side Portage Park neighborhood. Brandon Haarman, 27, of the 3900 block of...
View ArticleLawyer: Developmentally disabled Portage Park man was defending himself when...
A developmentally delayed Portage Park man accused of stabbing his live-in father to death with a serrated kitchen knife was acting in self-defense after the two started arguing over rent money, the...
View ArticleThree charged - including two teens - in beating death of Englewood man found...
Two teenagers and a man allegedly beat another man to death, stuffed his body in a garbage can and then rolled the trash can a couple blocks away where it was discovered by Streets and Sanitation...
View ArticleMother, sisters, remember Pierce Curry
Pierce Curry, 17, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning, as he and his friends drove in the 6200 block of S. State St. Curry was preparing for his senior year in high school, and hoped to go to...
View ArticleTeen shot and killed in Avalon Park, blocks from where man was killed Wednesday
A teenage boy was killed in a Thursday afternoon shooting just blocks from where a man was shot dead Wednesday night in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood.The 17-year-old boy was shot about 1 p.m....
View ArticleMan fatally stabbed in Grand Boulevard
A man was fatally stabbed early Friday in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood. A friend found the 24-year-old man stabbed multiple times in an alley in the 4000 block of South Calumet Avenue at...
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