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Two more men charged with fatal shooting of John Short in spat that started...
Two more men have been charged in connection with a shooting that began as an argument between two girls over clothing and ended with John Short dead in Back of the Yards in August.Robert Nathaniel |...
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18-year-old man charged with fatal stabbing of 89-year-old Josephine Johnson...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTrae Chatmon | Chicago PoliceAn 18-year-old man forced his way into 89-year-old Josephine Johnson's Washington Park apartment, stabbed her to death, robbed her and...
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Rap video asks Chicago youth to put down their guns, but can it be an...
By KRISTEN TORRES Homicide Watch Chicago Masked in rising shooting statistics and stagnant case closure rates, Chicago has become synonymous with the violence that plagues the West and South...
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Five years in prison for accidental shooting that killed David Kennedy in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireParis Walker-Rush | Cook County sheriff's officeA man has been sentenced to five years in prison for accidentally shooting David Kennedy to death last year in a...
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Prosecutors: 89-year-old Josephine Johnson killed when she caught burglar...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTrae Chatmon | Chicago PoliceAn 18-year-old man stabbed 89-year-old Josephine Johnson to death, then set her apartment on fire to cover it up after she caught him...
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Jamar Jackson fatally shot in East Chatham
Jamar Jackson was shot and killed Thursday night in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.The 22-year-old was standing on a sidewalk just before 8 p.m. in the 7900 block of South Ellis when a...
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Father of 5-month-old Angelina Rodriguez gets 85 years for killing the infant...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireRigoberto Rodriguez | Chicago PoliceA man found guilty of repeatedly covering the mouth of his 5-month-old daughter to muffle her crying, leading to severe...
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Jerald Strong fatally shot during argument with another man in North Lawndale
Jerald Strong was shot and killed during an argument Tuesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.The 24-year-old was arguing with another man about 1 p.m. in the 3200 block of...
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Murder charge filed for 2014 shooting of Albert Glover during attempted...
By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times WireTerrell Boyd | Chicago PoliceA man has been charged with shooting Albert Glover to death last summer in the West Side Austin neighborhood.Terrell Boyd, 26, is...
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Michael Johnson found with fatal gunshot wound in crashed car in Englewood
Michael A. Johnson was killed in an Englewood neighborhood shooting Saturday night on the South Side.Johnson, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 10:45 p.m. sitting in the driver’s...
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Felix McGhee killed, two others critically wounded in Humboldt Park shooting
Felix McGhee Jr. was killed and two other men critically wounded in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Friday night on the West Side.McGhee, 51, and two other men, ages 19 and 27, were outside in...
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14-year-old J-Quantae Riles fatally shot while walking with friends in Gage Park
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireFourteen-year-old J-Quantae Riles, who was shot to death late Saturday in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood, had recently moved back to Chicago from...
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Anti-violence activist pleads at memorial for slain teen: 'This is our fault....
By MITCH DUDEK, JON SEIDEL and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesCommunity activist Andrew Holmes (second from left) helps support Franika Marshall, mother of J-Quantae Riles, at a candlelight vigil at the...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Two boys, ages 9 and 14, among nine people to die by gun...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAt least 9 people died in a violent early November week in Chicago, including a 9-year-old boy fatally shot in an alley in Auburn Gresham; and a 14-year-old boy shot...
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56-year-old Bernard Howard dies after being found on sidewalk in Humboldt...
A man found shot to death in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood early Saturday has been identified as 56-year-old Bernard Howard.Howard was found lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound in...
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Father Pfleger at funeral says slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was a 'victim of...
By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-Timeshe casket for Tyshawn Lee is carried into St. Sabina Church before Tuesday's service. The church's pastor, Father Michael Pfleger, waits on the steps (right). | Brian...
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Person in custody after Terrell Peterson found dead in Austin apartment...
A person was in police custody Wednesday afternoon after 42-year-old Terrell Peterson was found dead following a fight inside an apartment Wednesday morning in the West Side Austin...
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Mark Anthony Hayes found shot to death on street in West Pullman
A man found shot to death Monday afternoon in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side was identified as 23-year-old Mark Anthony Hayes. At 2:25 p.m., officers responded to a call of shots...
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Man gets 6 months in jail, 2 years' probation for 'accidental' fatal shooting...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireAntonio Lampley | Cook County sheriff's officeThe man who accidentally shot and killed 23-year-old Derrius Drakes earlier this year in Roseland has pleaded guilty...
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Newborn baby girl found beaten to death outside Uptown high-rise
A newborn baby girl found dead outside an Uptown neighborhood high-rise Wednesday night was beaten to death, an autopsy Thursday revealed.Police investigate after an infant was found dead in Uptown...
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