Police say William George was trying to rob two other men in Uptown when he...
A man shot and killed while allegedly trying to rob two others in the Uptown neighborhood last Thursday has been identified as William C. George.Police investigate after an attempted robbery that ended...
View ArticleFormer Farragut star Demetrius Tolliver and Dejenaba Altman killed in...
During a post-game interview Friday night, Jabari Parker of the Milwaukee Bucks acknowledged the passing of another former Chicago high school basketball superstar--Demetrius "DJ" Tolliver, killed in a...
View ArticleSecond man charged with fatal shooting of Oscar Rodriguez during gang dispute...
By JORDAN OWEN and MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireEzequiel Villanueva | Chicago Police A second man has been charged in connection with the murder of Oscar Rodriguez during a gang shooting...
View ArticleTeen accused of shooting Endia Martin in social media feud will get jury...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesEndia Martin | photo provided A Cook County Juvenile Court judge on Tuesday rejected a prosecutors’ motion to keep the teenage girl accused of murdering Endia Martin...
View Article17-year-old Anthony Heatherly found fatally shot in parking lot of strip mall...
Seventeen-year-old Anthony Heatherly died about an hour after being shot Monday afternoon in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.A 17-year-old boy was fatally shot Monday afternoon in...
View ArticleBabette Miller shot to death in her Avalon Park apartment in what police...
Babette Miller was found shot to death in her Avalon Park neighborhood apartment Tuesday night after what may have been a domestic dispute, according to Chicago Police.A family member called police...
View ArticleAurelio Guzman fatally shot outside the Whale restaurant in Austin
Aurelio Guzman was shot to death early Wednesday outside a restaurant in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.Chicago Police investigate in the 4900 block of West Madison, where a man was shot to...
View ArticleGerwancey Rambus fatally shot while sitting in vehicle in North Lawndale
A man shot to death Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as Gerwancey Rambus.The 40-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in the 1100 block of South...
View Article'We lost a good one': Marvin Lee fatally shot in street following argument...
By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WirePolice investigate a fatal shooting that started in a bar in Chatham early Thursday. | Daniel Brown/Sun-TimesMarvin Lee was trying to apologize when he was shot to...
View ArticleKristian Taylor charged with 2013 murder of Shawntina Burpo in same gang war...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesKristian Taylor | Chicago Police A purported gang member was ordered held without bond Thursday for the 2013 murder of Shawntina Burpo, which was tied to the same...
View ArticleSecond man charged with 2014 slaying of former Simeon football star Michael...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesKevin Hines | Chicago Police A second man has been charged with the 2014 murder of popular Simeon High School football player Michael Flournoy III.Kevin Hines joined...
View ArticleSecond man charged with shooting Tommie Lee Pledge, who prosecutors say was...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesDeshun Jones | Chicago Police An Austin man was ordered held without bond Thursday, charged with murdering Tommie Lee Pledge, a fellow member of his gang, inside a...
View Article65-year-old Ramon Ramirez fatally stabbed on block where he lived in Belmont...
Sixty-five-year-old Ramon Ramirez was found stabbed to death inside a vehicle early Friday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.He was found unresponsive with “possible trauma” at...
View ArticleMan charged with New Year’s Day murder of Roderick Snowden which started with...
By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times WireDeandre Johnson | Chicago Police A man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Roderick Snowden on New Year’s Day in Englewood, a confrontation that started...
View ArticleMan charged with fatal shooting of Jeanette Laureano during gang...
By SIMONE ALICEA Chicago Sun-Times WireEmmanuel Raya | Chicago Police A man has been charged with shooting Jeanette Laureano to death last month in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood on the Northwest...
View ArticleLauren Membreno not the intended target of bullet that killed her in West...
Lauren Membreno died Saturday, one day after being shot in the head in the West Elsdon neighborhood, a shooting in which she was not the intended target, according to police.Membreno, 23, was in the...
View ArticleJonathan Sanchez found fatally shot just a block from his home in Austin
Jonathan Sanchez was shot to death just a block from his Austin neighborhood home on the West Side late Thursday.Officers were called to the 4700 block of West Huron about 11:50 p.m., and found...
View ArticleDeandre Trotter killed, second man wounded in Humboldt Park shooting
Deandre Trotter was killed and another man critically injured in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting Thursday afternoon.Trotter, 23, and an 18-year-old man were standing in the 3400 block of West...
View ArticleSouth suburban man charged with fatal shooting of Matthew Williams in Greater...
James Crum | Chicago Police A south suburban man has been charged with fatally shooting a Matthew M. Williams, a 21-year-old activist, in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood earlier this year.James...
View ArticlePastor and family friend of Andre Taylor: Chicago in 'state of emergency' as...
Andre Taylor, a 16-year-old scholar athlete at Julian High School, dreamed of using his athletic ability as a gateway to a better life. But on March 13, he was gunned down on a neighbor's lawn, just...
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