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Death of 2-year-old Georgio Byrd in West Pullman last year ruled a homicide...
By LUKE WILUSZ and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireGeorgio Byrd Jr. | FacebookA 2-year-old boy from the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side was beaten to death last year, and state child...
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Matthew Williams shot in back through window of home in Greater Grand Crossing
Matthew M. Williams was inside an apartment in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood late Friday when a bullet came through a window and struck him in the back. He died less than an hour later.The...
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Homeless woman charged with fatal beating of Keith West in his Uptown home
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireSabrina Shaffer | Chicago PoliceA homeless woman has been accused of fatally beating 63-year-old Keith West inside his Uptown neighborhood apartment last...
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Third man charged with botched 2014 home invasion that left Desmond...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireBrandon Perkins | Chicago PoliceA Tennessee man is the third person charged in connection with a botched 2014 home invasion in Norwood Park that left...
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Gang member gets 51 years for fatal revenge shooting that killed Miguel...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireKhalie Early | Illinois Dept. of CorrectionsA gang member was sentenced to 51 years in prison last for a fatal retaliation shooting in the South Chicago...
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35-year-old James Lewis fatally shot while driving in West Englewood
James Lewis was shot Monday morning while driving through the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, and he died two hours later.The 35-year-old was driving near 69th and Marshfield when shots...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: 16 killed in Chicago violence, including six members of one...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAt least 16 people were killed in violence in Chicago in the last week, including one of the most shocking crimes in the city in recent memory in which six members...
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Dwight Hughes Jr. killed in Humboldt Park shooting that left second man injured
Dwight Hughes Jr. was killed in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Sunday afternoon that also left a second man wounded.About 12:45 p.m., the 21-year-old Hughes was outside in the 3900 block of West...
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Apollo needs new home after his rescuer, Vietnam veteran Robert Howard, was...
Robert Howard Jr. was a graduate of VALOR (Veterans Advancing Lives of Rescues). He was killed on Jan. 26 and is missed by loved ones, Safe Humane Chicago members, and his emotional support dog,...
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Memorial scholarship created for Aaren O'Connor, who died after being struck...
By JORDAN OWEN and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAaren O'Connor was in her car, talking on the phone to her father in California, when she was struck by a stray bullet Friday night in the South Side...
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Aunt faces federal charge of giving gun to teenage niece charged with killing...
By JON SEIDEL Chicago Sun-TimesThe aunt of the girl accused of fatally shooting Endia Martin has been indicted by a federal grand jury for her role in the 14-year-old’s 2014 murder.Vandetta Redwood |...
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Lazane Clark dies a week after being shot in chest during argument with...
Lazane Clark died Wednesday evening, nearly a week after he was shot in the chest by an acquaintance during an argument in the Lake View neighborhood on the North Side.At 10:55 a.m. Jan. 4, the...
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Ronald Jerome Clarke no gang-banger, according to family, who want his...
His mother, Demetria Hudson (left), and his aunt, Shantesia Hudson, say Ronald Clarke was not a member of a gang, though some of his longtime friends were. | photo providedBy TIFFANY MITCHELL Homicide...
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$1,000 reward offered for information into fatal shooting of Aaren O'Connor
Aaren O'Connor | FacebookBy DANIEL BROWN, JORDAN OWEN and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireCook County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 cash reward for information that leads to the arrest of the...
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Hassan Childs dies three days after being stabbed by teenage girl in Gresham
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireHassan Childs died Wednesday, three days after being stabbed by a teenage girl Sunday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.The 22-year-old Childs,...
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Lorenzo Garcia found shot to death in Back of the Yards
Lorenzo Garcia was shot and killed early Saturday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 3:50 a.m. in the 4700 block of South Laflin...
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Reginald Bonner found shot to death in car on the block where he lived in...
A man Found shot to death Thursday evening on the block where he lived in the Humboldt Park has been identified as Reginald Bonner.The 37-year-old was in a vehicle in the 1100 block of North...
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Latania Anderson was trying to break up a fight at a party in Austin when she...
Latania Anderson was trying to break up a fight at a party in the Austin neighborhood party early Saturday when she was shot and killed.Two people got into an argument about 5:25 a.m. while they were...
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Vincent Avila killed, two men wounded when gunshots fired into their car in...
Vincent Avila was killed and two other men were wounded in a shooting early Saturday in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.The three men were in a vehicle shortly after 2 a.m. in the 6800...
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Police: Terrell Peters was run down with a car by his son following a family...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-TimesDebris litters the 5400 block of West Kamerling after a man ran down three of his family members with a car, killing one, in Austin late Saturday, police said. |...
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