Bons set at $1.5 million for teen charged in Austin fatal shooting
Bond was set at $1.5 million for an 18-year-old man charged with murder for a shooting that left one man dead and another injured last month in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Markeas Brown, 18, of...
View ArticleTeen dead, second man wounded in South Deering drive-by shooting
A man is dead and another wounded after a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side.The two men were walking in the 10200 block of South Oglesby Avenue at...
View ArticleMan found stabbed to death in SW Side home identified
A man found stabbed to death in a Southwest Side home Tuesday morning has been identified.Police responded to the home in the 6000 block of South Kolmar Avenue about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday and found the...
View ArticleMan shot Friday in Wicker Park dies
One of two men shot during a fight late Friday in Wicker Park has died. The men were in the park in the 1400 block of North Damen Avenue when they were shot about 11:45 p.m., police said at the time....
View ArticleMan killed in Roseland shooting
A man was killed in a shooting Thursday afternoon on the Far South Side.The shooting happened during a possible robbery a few minutes after 1 p.m. in the 10400 block of South Perry Avenue, police News...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Humboldt Park
A man was fatally shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Thursday morning.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was found shot in the 1100 block of North Pulaski Road, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s...
View ArticleWashington Park man charged with slaying last week on Englewood porch
A Washington Park man has been charged with shooting a man to death on an Englewood porch last week.Victor Willis, 22, allegedly shot and killed 25-year-old John Wallace during an argument Sept. 1 in...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with Englewood porch slaying
Bond was denied Friday for a Washington Park man charged with fatally shooting a man after a fight on an Englewood porch last week. Victor Willis, 22, allegedly shot and killed 25-year-old John Wallace...
View ArticleMan found dead in Humboldt Park was beaten, strangled
An unidentified man found unresponsive in Humboldt Park on Thursday morning was choked and beaten, and his death has been ruled a homicide. The man, thought to be in his 50s, was found in the 1100...
View ArticleMan killed in Wicker Park shooting
A man was shot to death in the Wicker Park neighborhood early Saturday, police said.The 19-year-old was shot in the head about 2:20 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, police News Affairs...
View Article$1M bond for man charged in fatal Wicker Park shooting
Bond was set at $1 million Sunday for a Logan Square man charged with the shooting death of a 19-year-old early Saturday along a trendy strip of bars in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Manuel Gonzalez,...
View ArticleFather held without bail in death of 8-year-old daughter
Two months after the grandmother of 8-year-old Gizzell Ford was charged with the little girl’s murder, Gizzell’s father appeared in court Monday — now also accused in the brutal killing.Andre Ford A...
View ArticleMan shot Sunday on the South Side dies
A 31-year-old man who was shot in the head Sunday night on the South Side has died. Brandon Williams was in a parked vehicle in the 8000 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, when two gunmen walked up and...
View ArticleMan shot, killed, while standing at Washington Park bus stop
A man was fatally shot Tuesday morning while standing at a bus stop in the South Side Washington Park neighborhood. The victim was identified as Billy Sergent, 67, of the 6000 block of South Vernon...
View ArticlePolice release teen questioned in Washington Park bus-stop shooting
A teen who was being questioned in connection to the shooting death Tuesday of 67-year-old Billy Sergent has been released, with no charges filed, police said Wednesday. Sergent, of the 6000 block of...
View ArticleMan hurt in Austin shooting dies
An Austin man died Wednesday, more than a month after he was critically hurt in a shooting on the West Side. The 23-year-old man was outside in the 1100 block of North Waller Avenue when he was shot...
View ArticleFriends remember Billy Sergent as a kind, gentle fixture in the neighborhood
BIlly Sergent was shot and killed Tuesday, as he stood at a bus stop near 61st and King Drive. In this video report, friends remember the 67-year-old retiree for his kind demeanor. Please enable...
View ArticlePolice: 1 dead, 4 wounded, in one hour
One man is dead and four others were wounded Thursday evening, following one bloody hour of South Side gun violence. A 36-year-old man who was shot in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood died...
View ArticleAuburn Gresham man shot and killed
A 36-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday night on the same South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood block where he lived, authorities said. Johnny Tinsey was shot in the chest about 6:50 p.m. in the...
View ArticleMan shot in chest, killed, in Humboldt Park neighborhood
Rubin Austin, 25, died after being shot in the chest at 12:47 a.m. in the 3600 block of West Augusta Boulevard of the Humboldt Park neighborhood, authorities said. Austin, of the 1100 block of North...
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