DeAngelo Birge killed, second man wounded in West Garfield Park shooting
DeAngelo Birge was killed and another man wounded in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting Tuesday afternoon.About 3:15 p.m., the two 24-year-olds were sitting in a vehicle in the 4400 block of...
View Article$1M bond for man charged with killing 11-year-old Donovan Turnage during 2013...
By RUMMANNA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesRockie Douglas | Chicago Police The suspect in a series of carjackings—including one that led to the death of 11-year-old Donovan Turnage—was ordered held on a $1...
View ArticleMan charged with reckless homicide, DUI for running down Jess Rodriguez on...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireAdrian Harris | Chicago Police Prosecutors allege a man was driving drunk when his car struck and killed Jess R. Rodriguez of Pilsen early Sunday on the Eisenhower...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with killing Caprice McCollum and Jerome Phelps...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireLaquan King | Chicago Police A man accused of fatally shooting Caprice McCollum Jr. and Jerome Phelps as they played dice in August in North Lawndale was ordered...
View Article15-year-old Davion Funches fatally shot in Chicago Lawn
Fifteen-year-old Davion Funches was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Officers found the boy unresponsive on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds to...
View Article18-year-old charged with fatal shooting of John Buckner, fatally shot in...
An 18-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting John “Buck” Buckner, a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department, last month outside his Morgan Park neighborhood home.William...
View Article$1M bond for teen charged with fatal shooting of John Buckner in front of his...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesWilliam Cochran | Chicago Police Just an hour after John “Buck” Buckner purchased a new Dodge Charger, he was gunned down in front of his Morgan Park home, where...
View ArticleJonathan Pulido dies two days after being wounded in Gage Park shooting
By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times WireJonathan Pulido, who was critically wounded last Sunday in a Gage Park shooting on the Southwest Side, died two days later.Pulido, 21, was a passenger in a...
View ArticleLance Braxton fatally shot, second man wounded during robbery attempt while...
Lance Braxton was killed and another wounded during an armed robbery at a dice game in the Austin neighborhood Thursday night, Chicago Police said.Braxton, 36, and another 36-year-old man were outside...
View Article15-year-old Kiyon Evans fatally shot in Austin
Fifteen-year-old Kiyon Evans was shot to death Friday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.Police discovered the boy’s body in a rear yard in the 4900 block of West Congress about...
View ArticleCops: Tougher gun laws would have kept 74 people from getting shot this year
By FRANK MAIN Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 8 people die from shootings in Chicago
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 8 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, including three teenage boys--two of them 15 and one 17.Fifteen-year-old Kiyon Evans was shot to...
View Article17-year-old Eric Garth fatally shot in vehicle in East Garfield Park
A 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday has been identified as Eric Garth.He was a passenger in the vehicle, which was in...
View ArticleAlston Ronnie McNeal fatally shot at party on block where he lived in Austin
A party in the West Side Austin neighborhood turned deadly early Saturday when shots were fired, leaving Alston Ronnie McNeal dead.McNeal, 33, was at a party on his block in the 1100 block of North...
View ArticleTracey Morgan killed, woman injured in drive-by shooting in Chatham
Tracey Morgan was killed and a woman injured in a Chatham neighborhood shooting Tuesday night.Morgan, 25, was sitting in a vehicle with a 56-year-old woman in the 8200 block of South Lafayette about...
View ArticleJuan Cardenas dies after being dropped off at Rush Medical Center with...
Juan Cardenas of Blue Island died early Monday after being dropped at a Near West Side hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.About 3:05 a.m. Monday, acquaintances of Juan Cardenas dropped him...
View ArticleSecond man charged with 2014 fatal shooting of Donald Ray following argument...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesLenneth Suggs | Chicago Police A second man has been charged with fatally shooting Donald Ray, the brother of a woman he was arguing with last year in the West Side...
View ArticleNearly nine years later, and the pain still lingers for family, friends of...
By KRISTEN TORRES Homicide Watch ChicagoLuther Lavell Turner | photo provided Marla Conway last heard from her son, Luther Turner, on Oct. 27, 2006. “He was on his way home from his girlfriend’s...
View ArticleHenry Hayes fatally shot near his home in Greater Grand Crossing
Henry R. Hayes was fatally shot in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side on Wednesday evening.The 22-year-old Hayes was standing outside in the 7700 block of South Indiana Avenue at...
View ArticleMichael Fenner Jr. fatally shot, 16-year-old boy wounded in Washington...
Eighteen-year-old Michael Fenner Jr. was killed and a 16-yer-old boy wounded in a Washington Heights neighborhood shooting late Wednesday on the South Side.About 11 p.m., Fenner and the other teen...
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