Man charged with fatal shooting of Israel Pena in Bridgeport in January
By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times WireChristopher Garza | Chicago PoliceA South Side man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Israel C. Pena of Rockford in the Bridgeport neighborhood in...
View ArticleDavid Thomas fatally shot along CPS Safe Passage Route in Englewood
By STEFANO ESPOSITO and LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-TimesPolice tape at 60th and Carpenter where one Safe Passage worker reported hearing "six or seven shots." | Stefano Esposito/Sun-TimesDavid Thomas was...
View ArticleProsecutors: Christopher Garza fatally shot Israel Pena in argument over...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesChristopher Garza | Chicago PoliceChristopher Garza and Israel C. Pena were working together when they committed a residential burglary in Rockford, the prosecutors...
View Article19-year-old Brianna Jenkins killed, man wounded in shooting in Gresham
Brianna Jenkins was killed and a man injured in a shooting in the Gresham neighborhood Sunday afternoon.Jenkins, 19, and the 20-year-old man were sitting in a car about 4:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of...
View ArticleDameon Williams found shot to death after argument in Chatham
A man found shot to death in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side early Friday has been identified as Dameon Williams. Williams, 28, got into an altercation with another male, who shot him in...
View ArticleMan charged after 6-year-old accidentally shoots 3-year-old brother Eian...
By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-TimesMichael Santiago | Chicago PoliceMichael Santiago bought a revolver to protect himself after the former gang member was tagged with the dangerous label of “snitch”...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 9 die from gun violence, including 3-year-old...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire\ At least 9 people were killed in gun violence last week in Chicago, including a 3-year-old boy who died after being accidentally shot by his 6-year-old brother...
View ArticleTerontay Atkinson fatally shot at gas station in Austin
Terontay Atkinson was shot to death at a gas station in the West Side Austin neighborhood Monday night.Atkinson, 20, was standing in the parking lot of Falcon Fuel in the 300 block of South Cicero at...
View ArticleDerrick Smith dies four months after being left paralyzed by shooting in Austin
By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times Wire After being shot in Austin in June, Derrick Smith was left paralyzed until his injuries killed him on Monday, authorities said.Smith, 28, was sitting in a...
View ArticleDwayne Richardson fatally shot while driving in Roseland, passenger wounded
Dwayne Richardson was killed and another man wounded in a Roseland neighborhood shooting early Sunday.The men were in a vehicle pulling away from the curb in the 10500 block of South Prairie about 2:05...
View ArticleMan killed in Washington Park drive-by over a week ago identified as...
A man killed in a shooting more than a week ago that left two other people injured in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood has been identified as Kevin Hughes.The three men were sitting in a...
View ArticleRyan Nicholson dies after being shot inside home in Jefferson Park
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Nicholson died Saturday after he was shot in the head Friday afternoon in what police are calling a domestic incident in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.Nicholson was in a home...
View ArticlePair charged with killing three, wounding two at Fuller Park memorial...
Two men were charged Friday with the fatal shootings of Ayanna Northern, Antian Hardmon and Tyrone Spikes during a memorial barbecue at a park last month in the Fuller Park neighborhood.Lawrence Brown...
View ArticleFredrick Dockery fatally shot in Back of the Yards
Fredrick Dockery was shot to death in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Saturday afternoon.Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 4:50 p.m. in the 5300 block of South Union found Dockery,...
View ArticleMaria Moreno fatally shot while walking in Little Village
Maria Moreno woman was fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.About 12:30 a.m., the 45-year-old Moreno was walking with another person in the 2500 block of South Harding when...
View ArticleJames Graham of Lombard fatally shot in North Austin
A 43-year-old west suburban man was shot to death Friday night in the North Austin neighborhood.James K. Graham of Lombard was outside in the 5300 block of West North Avenue about 8:45 p.m. when a...
View ArticlePerry Burrell found fatally shot inside car after crash in West Garfield Park
Perry Burrell was fatally shot early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.Burrell, 26, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 2:45 a.m. in a vehicle that had crashed into a tree in...
View ArticlePerson of interest questioned by police after Rashad Stokes fatally shot in...
Police were questioning a person of interest early Monday after Rashad Stokes was shot to death in the West Side Austin neighborhood.Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the 4800 block of West...
View ArticleMalek Taylor dies two days after being shot in Chatham drive-by
Malek Taylor died Friday, two days after he was shot in the head in a drive-by in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.Taylor, 31, was outside in the 8700 block of South Wabash about 7:20 p.m. Wednesday...
View ArticleMotorcyclist charged with reckless homicide for fatally striking German woman...
Bond was set at $300,000 Saturday for a 20-year-old motorcyclist charged with running a red light and fatally striking Katrin Kutscheidt, who was crossing Lake Shore Drive on Monday night near Grant...
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