Teen charged with fatal shooting of his younger brother, 17-year-old Ryan...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireBrad Nicholson | Chicago Police An 18-year-old man has been charged with shooting his younger brother, 17-year-old Ryan Nicholson, to death during an argument...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Eight people fatally shot in Chicago; woman fatally struck by...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least eight people died from gun violence last week in Chicago, including a man who passed away six months after being shot on the West Side. A ninth homicide...
View ArticleRasaan Price found guilty of fatal shooting of Darren Foggey in 2014 in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireDarren FoggeyA teenage boy has found guilty of fatally shooting 16-year-old Darren Foggey through a bedroom window last year in the Southwest Side Chicago Lawn...
View ArticlePerson of interest released in fatal shooting of Rashad Stokes in Austin
A person who was being questioned by police after Rashad Stokes was shot to death early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been released.Stokes, 29, was standing on the sidewalk in the...
View Article17-year-old charged with fatal shooting of DeAngelo Birge in West Garfield Park
By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 17-year-old boy has been charged with killing DeAngelo Birge and wounding another man in a West Garfield Park shooting earlier this month.The two 24-year-old...
View Article89-year-old Josephine Johnson fatally beaten and stabbed in her Washington...
An elderly woman found fatally stabbed after an apartment fire early Monday in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood has been identified as Josephine Johnson.Johnson, 89, was discovered by...
View ArticleBond denied for 17-year-old charged with fatal shooting of DeAngelo Birge in...
By LUKE WILUSZ and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 17-year-old boy accused of killing DeAngelo Birge and wounding another man in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting earlier this month was...
View ArticleMurder charge filed after Dorian Smith fatally stabbed in South Shore home
By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times WireBrandon Young | Chicago PoliceA man has been charged with murder for the fatal stabbing Dorian D. Smith early Saturday morning in the South Shore...
View ArticlePolice: Reginald Gildersleeve fatally shot trying to rob Gage Park business;...
Chicago Police say a customer fatally shot Reginald Gildersleeve, who was trying to rob a business at gunpoint Saturday night in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood.A man walked into a business...
View ArticleEric Jones of Justice fatally shot in Little Village
Eric T. Jones of southwest suburban Justice was shot and killed Sunday morning in Little Village.The shooting happened in the 4100 block of West 31st Street at 8:35 a.m., according to Chicago...
View ArticleProsecutor: Fatal shooting of John Short in Back of the Yards started with...
By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-TimesRobert Nathaniel | Chicago PoliceAn argument between two girls over the way one was dressed escalated into a deadly confrontation between adults, one of whom brought a...
View ArticleDamien Williams dies one day after being injured in drive-by shooting in...
Damien Williams died one day after being wounded in a drive-by shooting Thursday morning in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Williams, 22, was standing outside in the 2500 block of...
View ArticleDerek Jones gets 13 years for fatally shooting Lenardo Allison during...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireDerek Jones | Illinois Dept. of CorrectionsDerek Jones was sentenced to 13 years in prison last month for shooting Lenardo Allison to death during a dispute over...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Elderly woman stabbed and beaten in Washington Park among 6...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAt least six people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including an 89-year-old woman who was beaten and stabbed to death in her apartment by someone who...
View ArticleReginald Gildersleeve was carrying paintball gun when he was fatally shot...
By FRANK MAIN Chicago Sun-TimesPolice said Reginald Gildersleeve wore a mask Saturday when he announced he was robbing Agencia Mexicana, 2701 W. 51st St., Gage Park. | Sun-Times file photoSuspected...
View Article9-year-old Tyshawn Lee shot to death in Auburn Gresham alley
By STEFANO ESPOSITO and ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Police expand the crime scene where a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed in the 8000 block of South Damen on Monday. | Brian...
View ArticleAspiring model Kaylyn Pryor fatally shot, teenage boy wounded in drive-by...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireKaylyn Pryor was killed and a 15-year-old boy critically wounded in an Englewood neighborhood drive-by shooting Monday evening on the South Side.Kaylyn Pryor |...
View ArticleMarlin Spivey fatally shot near home in Gage Park
Marlon Spivey was shot to death in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side Tuesday evening. Spivey, 24, was outside in the 5600 block of South Artesian at 6:15 p.m. when two males walked up...
View ArticleMan who found Tyshawn Lee: 'Who could shoot a child down like that?'
By STEFANO ESPOSITO, FRANK MAIN AND FRAN SPIELMAN Chicago Sun-TimesFliers were being passed out Tuesday offering a reward for information leading to those who shot 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee the day...
View ArticleMom: Kaylyn Pryor was about to sign her first modeling contract when she was...
By MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-TimesKaylyn Pryor | SplashIt was all coming together for 20-year-old North Shore resident Kaylyn Pryor.The effervescent Evanston Township High School grad, who was...
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