Denzel Childs and Kayana Armond killed at memorial party in Back of the...
By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WireTwo people were killed and two more were wounded in a shooting early Thursday in Back of the Yards. | Daniel Brown/Sun-TimesDenzel M. Childs and Kayana Q. Armond...
View ArticleTaylon Hughes dies two days after being shot while sitting in car with woman...
Taylon Hughes was killed and a woman was injured in a shooting last week in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.About 11:05 p.m. Friday, the 26-year-old Hughes was sitting with a 40-year-old woman in a...
View ArticleDemetrius 'Meechie' Paskel of Forest Park dies one day after being shot in...
Demetrius Paskel, known to friends as Meechie, died Thursday, one day after he was shot in the head in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.Officers responded to a person shot in the 4000 block of West...
View ArticleMother of three Jamie Varvaris fatally shot on block where she lived in...
Jamie Varvaris was shot and killed last week on the block where she lived in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.Officers responding about 12:43 a.m. July 20 to reports of shots fired in the 3200 block of...
View ArticleKeith Jackson shot to death while driving in West Englewood
Keith Jackson was shot to death Wednesday afternoon while driving in the West Englewood neighborhood.The 32-year-old Jackson was driving in the 2000 block of West 68th Place about 1:30 p.m. when...
View ArticlePlea agreement yields 3-year sentence for man who killed Chalan Peterson in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireLyman Harvey | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A man has been sentenced to three years in prison for driving drunk and crashing into a median on the Dan Ryan...
View Article24-year-old man charged with gunning down hoops star Jonathan Mills in North...
Travell Taylor | Chicago PoliceA South Side man has been charged with gunning down former high school hoops star Jonathan Mills earlier this week in the North Lawndale neighborhood.Travell Taylor, 24,...
View Article17-year-old Denear Scott fatally shot in Chatham
Denear Dashaun Scott was shot to death in the Chatham neighborhood Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.About 5:45 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 700 block of East...
View Article21-year-old Ural Durant killed when gunmen open fire on stolen SUV in Ashburn
Ural Jaylin Durant was shot to death Friday evening in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.About 7:15 p.m., the 21-year-old was standing near an SUV parked in the 2400 block of West 79th...
View ArticleJohnathan Lane dies about 18 hours after being shot in the head in Auburn...
Johnathan Lane, one of two men who were shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Thursday night died about 18 hours later at a hospital.The two men were standing in the 7700 block of South Loomis about...
View ArticleTrinyce Sanders-Wilson, a 'beautiful person,' dies in what police call...
A west suburban couple, Trinyce L. Sanders-Wilson and Roshaun D. Wilson, were killed in a murder-suicide outside a church Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood.A man shot a woman in the 5700...
View ArticleLatrell Gipson shot to death while walking in West Garfield Park
A pool of blood seen on the sidewalk at a homicide early Sunday in West Garfield Park. | Daniel Brown/Sun-TimesBy DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WireLatrell Gipson was shot to death early Sunday in the...
View ArticleBrawl among two groups of women leaves Marteace Rhone dead, three others...
Marteace Rhone was shot to death, another woman was injured by gunfire, and two more women were stabbed during a melee early Saturday in the Austin neighborhood.The four women got into a fight with...
View ArticlePaul Farlinger killed, second man wounded in drive-by shooting in Cragin
Paul Farlinger was shot to death and another man was injured in a drive-by shooting Friday afternoon in the Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.The victims were in the 2000 block of North Laporte...
View Article20-year-old Jeffery Arnold Jr. fatally shot in East Garfield Park
Jeffery Arnold Jr. was shot to death Sunday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.The 20-year-old was standing in the 3000 block of West Fifth Avenue at 5:28 p.m. when three males got out of a...
View ArticleShocked sister remembers past squabbles, guidance and legacy of kindness from...
By ZOË FISHER Homicide Watch ChicagoTaylor Flowers, 23, celebrated her golden birthday just a few weeks before her death on March 18. Her sister, Tamara Allen, remembered how excited Flowers was for...
View ArticleDonta Lee of Maywood fatally shot while walking in Austin early Tuesday
Donta J. Lee of west suburban Maywood man was shot to death early Tuesday in the Austin neighborhood.Chicago Police investigate in the 5200 block of West Gladys, where a man was shot to death early...
View ArticlePolice, DCFS investigate after autopsy shows 2-month-old Katana Greenlee was...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireThe death of 2-month-old Katana Symone Greenlee last week in the Austin neighborhood has been ruled homicide by child abuse.Officers responded to an unresponsive...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 19 killed in Chicago violence, seven during bloody...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireSun-Times file photo At least 19 people were victims of violence in Chicago last week, and while there were fewer homicides in July that in June, according to...
View ArticleMiguel Diaz dies three hours after being shot on block where he lived in West...
Miguel Diaz died three hours after he was shot Monday afternoon in the West Lawn neighborhood.The 28-year-old Diaz was found with multiple gunshot wounds on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West 68th...
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