Comment of the Day: "My heart broke when I heard this happened to him"
Willie Bush, 49, was one of three people wounded in an August shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood. Bush died days later, and a friend posted this about him:He was a really sweet person. My heart...
View ArticleRosa Maria Perez found stabbed to death in Little Village home
Rosa Maria Perez was found stabbed to death in her Little Village home Thursday morning on the Southwest Side.Perez, 27, of the 2200 block of South Sacramento Avenue, was found dead in her home with...
View ArticleJeffery Whiters shot to death in South Deering
Jeffery Whiters was shot to death in the South Deering neighborhood early Saturday.Police found Whiters, 34, on a sidewalk in the 2400 block of East 100th Street with gunshot wounds to his right thigh...
View ArticleTyshon Anderson shot dead in South Chicago
Tyshon Anderson was shot to death in a South Chicago building Saturday night.Anderson, 18, was in the first-floor hallway of a building in the 2700 block of East 80th Street when a gunman walked up and...
View ArticleAaron Mejia charged in stabbing death of Rosa Perez
Aaron Mejia / Photo from Chicago PoliceAaron Mejia has been charged with allegedly stabbing Rosa Maria Perez to death during an argument at their Little Village home.Mejia, 19, of the 2200 block of...
View ArticleTerrence Ghani charged with killing Phillip Curtis in Auburn Gresham
Terrence Ghani / Photo from Chicago PoliceTerrence Ghani has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting Phillip Curtis in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood more than two weeks ago.Ghani,...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "He's in a safer place"
Robert Hart, 37, was killed in September while he walking in an alley in Englewood. Commenter "Mr. J" posted about his death. R.I.P. MY BROTHER ROB. YOUR FREE OF WORRIES AND PAIN. HE'S IN A SAFER PLACE...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "I remember him always being a funny kid"
Steven Noble was found shot dead inside a vehicle in October in the North Lawndale neighborhood. "Howland Alum" posted about his death. Steven was a good dude. I knew him since grade school and...
View ArticleCordero H. Sims charged in Lincoln Square murder
Cordero H. Sims / Photo from Chicago PoliceA Naperville man was charged with murder for allegedly shooting a man to death in a McDonald’s parking lot in the Lincoln Square neighborhood Monday...
View ArticleUPDATE: Cordero Sims held without bond in Lincoln Square murder
Cordero H. Sims / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY SAFIYA MERCHANT Homicide Watch ChicagoA Naperville man who allegedly shot Irbinzon Gonzalez to death in the parking lot of a Lincoln Square McDonald's...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Four shot, one stabbed to death throughout city
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorFive people were killed by violence throughout the city last week.Two men have been charged with murder in separate killings -- an alleged North Side drug...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "Jeff you will be greatly missed"
Jeffery Whiters was shot to death early Saturday in the South Deering neighborhood. Reader Anthony Titus shared this about him: Jeffrey was a good man and did not deserve to die in this manor, my love...
View ArticleFamily: 'Loving mother' with outgoing personality stabbed to death by boyfriend
Rosa Perez / Family PhotoBY SAFIYA MERCHANT Homicide Watch ChicagoRosa Maria Perez was a loving mother who took her daughter to and from school, family said.That all changed last Thursday, when Perez...
View ArticleAuthorities: LaChris Hendricks killed in West Garfield Park shootout
LaChris Hendricks was killed during an alleged shootout in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Monday on the West Side.Police believe Hendricks and a 30-year-old man shot each other during an...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "We laugh alot!!!!"
Devorite Diggins was shot to death Nov. 13 inside an Englewood gas station. Reader Ingrid posted the following about Diggins:despite of how people feel vonte diggins was sweet and i spent some time...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "[I] would always see him smiling and laughing"
Kevin Ambrose , a Columbia College student and Target employee, was shot to death near the 47th Street Green Line station May 7. Reader Patrice shared this about him: This is so heartbreaking. Although...
View ArticleMaria Gonzalez possibly beaten to death outside Northwest Side home
Maria Gonzalez was found beaten to death Thursday morning on a Northwest Side street.Police found Gonzalez, 39, in the street near her home in the 4800 block of North Moody Avenue about 5 a.m.,...
View ArticleAutopsy: Maria Gonzalez found stabbed to death on Northwest Side
Maria Gonzalez was found stabbed to death Thursday morning on a Northwest Side street.Police found Gonzalez, 39, in the street near her home in the 4800 block of North Moody Avenue about 5 a.m.,...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "He will live forever in our memories"
Jessie D. Clark was shot and killed while standing on a South Side porch in June. Reader Jessie shared this about Clark.I can't believe this happened to someone so sweet an kind.. when i think of you i...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in Rogers Park alley identified as Mark Villannera
A man found shot dead in a Rogers Park alley early Wednesday has been identified.Police found Mark Villannera dead in the alley in the the 7500 block of North Greenview Avenue about 2:50 a.m....
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