18-year-old Dennis Bradford III found shot to death in Marquette Park
Dennis Bradford III was found shot to death Sunday morning in the Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Officers responding about 11:25 a.m. to a call of a person on the ground found the...
View ArticleTwo men charged with murder for last week's fatal shooting of Jonathan...
Decorian Collins (left) and Lamar Williams | Chicago Police By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WireTwo men were charged with the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Jonathan B. Sanchez last week in the Austin...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: 12 people killed in Chicago violence, 13th dies 6 years after...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Even unseasonably cold weather didn't stop the violence last week in Chicago, where at least 11 people were fatally shot and another man was stabbed to death. A...
View ArticleMarcus Smith of Dixmoor dies of gunshot wound minutes after being dropped off...
Marcus Smith was dropped off at a Far South Side hospital with a gunshot wound early last THursday, and just mintues later, the south suburban resident was dead.The 28-year-old was left at Roseland...
View ArticleDeangelo Black dies two days after Humboldt Park shooting that also left...
Eighteen-year-old Deangelo Black died Saturday night, two days after being critically injured in a Humboldt Park shooting that also claimed the life of Deandre Trotter.Trotter and Black were standing...
View ArticleArturo Pina shot to death just blocks away from his home in Little Village
Arturo Pina was fatally shot Monday night in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Pina, 37, was walking in the 2800 block of South Kedvale Avenue at 7:36 p.m. when someone walked up to...
View ArticleGuardian gets 26 years for murder of 9-month-old Aiden Dukes, who died from...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesPatricia McKinney | Chicago Police A woman has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for the fatal beating of 9-month-old Aiden Dukes, who was in her care in the South...
View ArticleFirst she 'lost faith in God,' but now, devastated mother 'won't rest' until...
By TIFFANY MITCHELL Homicide Watch ChicagoCedric Goodwin | photo provided When Cedric Goodwin was fatally shot over a year ago in the South Shore neighborhood, he was walking to school with his younger...
View ArticleRaymond Pryor found fatally shot about a block from his Chicago Lawn home
Raymond Pryor was shot to death early Friday near his home in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side.About 12:10 a.m., the 25-year-old Pryor was found unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 6400...
View ArticleMan charged with fatal shooting of Angel Ortiz Jr., killed while working as...
By LUKE WILUSZ and DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WireFelix Valentin | Chicago Police A Logan Square man has been charged with shooting and killing Angel Ortiz Jr., a bouncer at an Irving Park...
View Article19-year-old Davion Spivey fatally shot while driving in Chicago Lawn
Davion Spivey died early Wednesday, two days after he was shot while driving in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.The 19-year-old was driving in the 6000 block of South California...
View ArticlePierre Payne and another man shot to death, third man wounded at party in...
Pierre Payne and another man were killed, and a third man wounded in a shooting at an Englewood neighborhood party late Friday.A male, whose exact age was not known, wasn’t allowed into the party,...
View ArticleFamily stunned as Fredrick Lee Blount shot to death in front of home in North...
By ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times WIreChicago Police investigate in the 1300 block of South Central Park Avenue, where a 32-year-old man was shot to death early Sunday, April 17, 2016. | Ashlee...
View ArticleTravion Lockett charged with fatal shooting of nursing student Daysha Wright...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesTravion Lockett | Chicago Police A man charged with the murder of 21-year-old nursing student Daysha Wright was ordered held without bond Friday.Travion Lockett, 21, was...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with killings of Richard Rodriquez and Jossean Rueda...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesJose Ortiz | Chicago Police A man charged with the fatal shootings of Richard Rodriquez and Jossean Rueda last summer in the West Side Austin neighborhood was ordered...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Six men fatally shot; woman dies 8 years after being severely...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least six people were fatally shot in Chicago last week, and a woman died more than eight years after being severely beaten by her boyfriend, who is serving a...
View ArticleDamond Dawson killed, four others wounded when gunfire erupts during rap...
By LUKE WILUSZ and ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Time WireChicago Police investigate in Foster Park after one man was shot to death and four others were injured when someone opened fire on the group, which...
View ArticleTerrance Anderson gets 15 years for fatal stabbing of Aaron Knox during 2013...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTerrance Anderson | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A South Side man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing Aaron Knox during a fight in the...
View ArticleWe lost a future leader: Fellow activists and friends say Matt Williams was...
Matt Williams returned to Chicago last year to live out his dream of becoming a rapper. He wanted to be a part of a movement to bring about social change in Chicago and lost his life to the same type...
View ArticleJason Napoles killed, three other men wounded in drive-by shooting in Gage Park
Eighteen-year-old Jason Napoles was killed and three other young men were wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Napoles was sitting in parked vehicle...
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