Joseph Graves found fatally shot in vehicle in Washington Heights
Joseph Graves was fatally shot Friday night in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side.About 10:30 p.m., the 19-year-old Graves was found unresponsive inside a car with a gunshot wound to...
View ArticleAndre Donner Jr. dies just minutes after being shot in Englewood
Andre D. Donner Jr. was shot to death Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.The shooting happened just after 10 a.m. in the 7200 block of South May, according to Chicago...
View ArticleVigil for Victims of Gun Violence
By KWIJONA CALVIN Homicide Watch Chicago “I am not a stranger to pain. My husband and son are gone due to gun violence,” Gwen Baxter, founder of the Greater Roseland Community Committee’s Youth Voices...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Two men were fatally shot last week, lowest homicide total...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-times WireAfter a stretch of more than five days during which there were no homicides reported in the city, a particularly violent weekend ended with two men fatally shot.From...
View Article19-year-old man charged with fatal shooting of Andre Donner Jr. in Englewood
A man has been charged with fatally shooting Andre D. Donner Jr. Sunday morning in Englewood.Demarco Bennett | Chicago PoliceDemarco Bennett, 19, was charged with first-degree murder and also faces...
View ArticleNo bond for Demarco Bennett, who prosecutors allege shot Andre Donner Jr....
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireDemarco Bennett | Chicago PoliceA man has been charged with fatally shooting Andre D. Donner Jr. another man more than 10 times Sunday morning in Englewood.Demarco...
View ArticleKenneth Turner died last week, one day after being shot on a street in Austin
Kenneth Turner, who was critically wounded in a shooting last week in the West Side Austin neighborhood, died a day later at a hospital.The 28-year-old was on the sidewalk in the 300 block of South...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Killed in Chicago violence
At least one person was the victim of violence last week in Chicago.----NEED ID: A man was found stabbed to death Wednesday morning in Austin neighborhood. Officers responded about 5:40 a.m. to a call...
View ArticleVigil allows mothers to grieve with others about losing a son, and gain...
Among the mothers taking part in the Vigil to End Gun Violence were, from right: Bouchelle Stokes, Gwen Baxter, Toneya McIntosh, Donna Hall, Shundra Robinson, Floressa Smith and "Mother" Morgan. |...
View ArticleDebra Jean Jones gets 8 years for fatally stabbing Shounya Burnett during...
Debra Jean Jones | Chicago PoliceBy JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireA 56-year-old woman was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing Shounya Burnett during a domestic argument...
View ArticleRobert Parra dies at a hospital three days after being shot in the head in...
Robert Parra died Tuesday, three days after he and another man were shot early Saturday in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.The 23-year-old Parra was standing outside about 3 a.m. in...
View ArticleJavier Enriquez found fatally stabbed near his home in Austin
Javier Enriquez was found stabbed to death Wednesday morning in the West Side Austin neighborhood.The 24-year-old was found lying on the ground with multiple stab wounds to the body about 5:40 a.m. in...
View Article17-year-old Brandon McKnight fatally shot near his home in Woodlawn
Seventeen-year-old Brandon McKnight was shot to death Wednesday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.He was walking in the 500 block of East 66th Street about 1:30 p.m. when two...
View ArticleLutredze Evans fatally shot while driving a tow truck in Park Manor
Tow truck driver Lutredze Evans was shot and killed Thursday morning in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood.The 32-year-old was driving a flatbed tow truck northbound in the 6800 block of South...
View ArticleChristopher Keys found fatally shot in vehicle in Auburn Gresham
Christopher Keys died Thursday evening after he was shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.The 21-year-old Keys, of the 11000 block of South Artesian Avenue, was found shot in a...
View ArticleWillie Clifton found fatally shot in Auburn Gresham
The second 21-year-old man to be fatally shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood in about an hour Thursday afternoon has been identified as Willie Clifton.Clifton was found unresponsive with gunshot...
View ArticlePolice: Lawrence Pitts fatally shot while breaking into home in Little...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WirePolice say Lawrence Pitts was fatally shot after he and another man broke into a Little Village neighborhood home late Wednesday, and the accomplice has...
View Article71-year-old Fredell Bryant fatally shot in his Back of the Yards home
Seventy-one-year-old Fredell Bryant was fatally shot when he opened the door of his Back of the Yards neighborhood home Sunday morning.Bryant answered the door about 6 a.m. in the 5200 block of South...
View ArticleRandy Kimball dies hours after being found shot in the back in Austin
Randy Kimball died early Monday after he was shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side on Sunday afternoon.The 24-year-old was found with a gunshot wound to the back at 3:55 p.m. Sunday in the...
View ArticleMother gets 75 years for not stopping boyfriend from killing 5-month-old...
Angela Petrov | Chicago PoliceBy RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesWhen Angelina Rodriguez cried while her parents partied in their one-bedroom West Rogers Park apartment, the 5-month-old paid the price...
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