WEEK IN REVIEW: At least 17 people killed in Chicago, capped by bloody...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireChicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott...
View ArticleLarry Lawrence remembered by fiancee as family man whose death in Gold Coast...
By TYLER HOLMES Homicide Watch ChicagoLawrence and Williams pose with their two daughters | photo providedLarry Lawrence, father of two girls, was a “sweet and giving man” to everyone he encountered,...
View ArticleMissing Aurora man Clarence King found beaten to death in West Side yard
Clarence King, an 18-year-old man reported missing in west suburban Aurora, who was found beaten to death Saturday morning on Chicago’s West Side.King was last seen about 8 p.m. Friday in the 900 block...
View ArticleKyara Newell dies on day after being shot in vehicle in Rogers Park, and...
By ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times WireKyara Newell | Facebook A 40-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Kyara Newell, who died Thursday morning after being shot while riding in a car early...
View ArticleWest suburban man charged with fatal shooting of Anthony Nicholas in South Shore
Andrew Smith | Chicago PoliceA west suburban man has been charged with shooting a man to death less than a block from his South Shore neighborhood home Tuesday evening.Anthony J. Nicholas, 38, was...
View Article18-year-old Ernest Hudson fatally shot in Englewood
Ernest Hudson was shot and killed Friday afternoon, about three blocks from his Englewood neighborhood home, according to authorities.Hudson, 18, was shot in the head about 4:30 p.m. in the 6400 block...
View ArticleDeandre Gray fatally shot while sitting in parked car in Roseland
Twenty-five-year-old Deandre Gray was shot to death while sitting in a parked car Saturday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood.About 1:35 p.m., Gray was sitting in a car parked in the 10400 block of...
View ArticleAndre Wells shot to death while walking in Jackson Park Highlands
A North Side man shot to death in the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood Thursday night on the South Side has been identified as Andre Wells.About 9:15 p.m., the 29-year-old Wells was walking in the...
View Article19-year-old Gregory Chacon killed in Brighton Park drive-by
Nineteen-year-old Gregory Chacon was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Brighton Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon.The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of South Kedzie. An...
View ArticleNW Indiana man found fatally shot in backyard in Roseland identified as...
A northwest Indiana man found shot to death Friday in the Roseland neighborhood has been identified as Tabari Freeman.Officers responding to a call of a person down about 6:15 p.m. found the...
View ArticleJesus Martinez Jr. dies hours after being shot in back while driving in West...
Jesus Martinez Jr. was shot early Sunday while driving in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side, and died about five hours later.About 2:10 a.m., the 20-year-old Martinez was at the wheel...
View ArticleRoberto Ortiz of Cicero dies five days after being shot in Back of the Yards
Roberto Ortiz of west suburban Cicero died Saturday, five days after he was shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.Ortiz, 20, was outside about 8:50 p.m. on July 18 in the 4400 block of South...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with fatal shooting of Larry Lawrence on busy Gold...
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times WireCharles Ternior | Chicago Police An Englewood man charged with the fatal shooting of Larry Lawrence last month in the Gold Coast neighborhood was ordered held...
View ArticleNorth Lawndale hoops standout Jonathan Mills, back home to rehab his ankle,...
Jonathan Mills | Sun-Times file photoBy MICHAEL O'BRIEN AND JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesJonathan Mills, a standout basketball player at North Lawndale and the University of Southern Mississippi, was...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 12 more people killed in Chicago violence as year's...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireSun-Times file photo The year is just past the halfway point, and if the number of homicides in Chicago continues at the current pace, it will reach a total not seen...
View ArticleYoung mother Africa Bass shot to death on street one day after moving into...
Africa S. Bass, a young mother of two, was shot to death early Wednesday, the day after moving into the South Chicago neighborhood.Chicago Police investigate a fatal shooting early Wednesday in the...
View Article18-year-old Keon Boyd killed, two other teenagers wounded in shooting in Austin
Keon Boyd was killed and two other teenagers were wounded in a shooting Tuesday morning in the Austin neighborhood.The group was standing on the sidewalk, one on a bicycle, in the 100 block of North...
View Article17-year-old held on $800K bond for role in fatal shooting of Jeremy Rogers at...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesJeremy Rogers | Facebook A west suburban teenager was ordered held on an $800,000 bond Tuesday in connection with the fatal shooting of Jeremy Rogers at an Avondale...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Englewood last week identified as 24-year-old Kashawn...
Authorities have identified a man who was shot to death last week in the Englewood neighborhood as 24-year-old Kashawn Johnson.Officers responding at 11:48 p.m. July 18 to a call of a person shot in...
View ArticleVincent Davis Sr. shot to death, woman injured while sitting in car in...
Vincent Davis Sr. was killed and a woman was critically injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.Davis, 43; and a 22-year-old woman were sitting in a vehicle at...
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