Man fatally shot in South Shore
A man who was shot in the South Shore neighborhood Friday evening has died. Jaleel Pearson, 18, was shot in the 2200 block of East 71st Street about 6:10 p.m., according to police and the Cook County...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Englewood
A man was shot to death in the South Side Englewood neighborhood Friday night. Brenden Temple, 21, was in the 6600 block of South Honore Street when he was shot once in the head about 6:34 p.m.,...
View ArticleMan killed in Englewood shooting
A 37-year-old man was killed in a shooting in an Englewood neighborhood alley on the South Side late Friday. Robert Hart was walking in the alley in the 6000 block of South Halsted Street about 11:10...
View ArticleMan dies after getting shot multiple times
Officers responded Saturday to a call of a person shot in the 1200 block of West Washburne Avenue and found a 22-year-old man on the sidewalk, with multiple gunshot wounds to the leg, police said....
View Article2 charged with killing mom, daughter, who were found in burned car
Two men were charged with strangling the wife and elderly mother of one of the men, police said Monday night. The women’s bodies were found in the trunk of a burning car late Saturday in a Palos...
View ArticleSheriff: Money may have been motive in strangling of wife, mother-in-law
The car with the two bodies inside was still on fire when investigators arrived at the Palos Township forest preserve late Saturday night -- and the vehicle’s license plate immediately offered a clue...
View ArticleDevorite Diggins killed in shooting at Englewood gas station
Devorite Diggins was killed during a Wednesday afternoon shooting at an Englewood gas station that left another man wounded.Diggins and a 21-year-old man were at a gas station in the 800 block of West...
View ArticleAmanda Fitch shot to death at Woodlawn gas station
Amanda Fitch was shot dead at a Woodlawn gas station Thursday night on the South Side.Fitch, 24, was found shot in a vehicle at 5:56 p.m. at a gas station in the 6600 block of South Stony Island...
View ArticleTwo charged with killing of Michael Sullivan, 53, during attempted robbery
Michael Sullivan and daughter Latese Sullivan / Family PhotoBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA man and 16-year-old boy have been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boxer Michael Walker shot to death in Chatham
Michael Walker / Photo from Fightnews.comBY SAFIYA MERCHANT Homicide Watch ChicagoFormer professional boxer Michael Walker was working on making a comeback.Walker, 35, was found shot in a gangway in...
View ArticleJavier Gonzalez dies after Little Village shooting
Javier Gonzalez died Friday afternoon, a day after he was shot multiple times in the Little Village neighborhood.Gonzalez, 17, was shot in the head and arm in the the 3000 block of South Karlov Avenue...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least six killed in citywide shootings
At least six people were murdered throughout the city last week, but none since Thursday night.The most recent murder happened Thursday night in the Little Village neighborhood when 17-year-old Javier...
View ArticleTrevonti Carson charged in killing of Devorite Diggins
Trevonti Carson / Photo from Chicago PoliceTrevonti Carson has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting Devorite Diggins at an Englewood gas station last week, police said.Carson, 26,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Trevonti Carson cornered man in Englewood gas station, shot him dead,...
Trevonti Carson / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorTrevonti Carson cornered a man inside an Englewood gas station and shot him dead last week on the South Side,...
View ArticleAutopsy: Latasha Amos run over by SUV, death ruled homicide
The death of a West Side woman fatally struck by an SUV early Sunday in the Austin neighborhood has been ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.Latasha Amos, 37, was...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "Coming from where we come from it was exciting to go see...
Boxer Michael Walker was shot to death in a South Side gangway last week. On Sunday, Seneca posted about his friend:I've known Mike all my life. Good dude. He did what he loved, boxing. Every one was...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Lincoln Square McDonald’s parking lot
BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-TimesA man was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Lincoln Square McDonald's Monday night on the Northwest Side.The 25-year-old man was shot in the head about 7:30 p.m....
View ArticleBrandon Torres dies a day after South Side shooting
Brandon Torres died Monday night after being shot in the head early Sunday on the South Side.Torres, 21, was in the backseat of a vehicle in the 1600 block of West 44th Street when a gunman on the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Irbinzon Gonzalez shot, killed in Lincoln Square Monday
Irbinzon Gonzalez was fatally shot Monday night in the parking lot of a Lincoln Square McDonald's.Gonzalez, 25, was in a dark-colored BMW sedan in the McDonald’s parking lot in the 4800 block of North...
View ArticleChandus Ousley charged with fatally stabbing April Dixon in her South Side...
Chandus Ousley / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA South Side man has been charged with murder after DNA evidence allegedly linked him to a Douglas area home...
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