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In the aftermath of violence, UIC study seeking ways to understand, assist...
Associate Prof. Henrika McCoy | UIC photoBy ZOE FISHER Homicide Watch ChicagoThere are numerous groups and programs dedicated to stopping the violence that is ravaging some areas of the city, but a new...
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Man whose burned body was found in forest preserve identified as Deamar...
A man whose burned body was found Sunday night in a Far South Side forest preserve has been identified as 25-year-old Deamar C. Bingham.An autopsy showed that Bingham had been shot to death, and the...
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Alleged gang member ‘D.Rose’ found guilty of murdering 14-year-old Venzel...
By LUKE WILUSZ and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAhbir Sardin | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A South Side man whose street name was referred to in lyrics by several Chicago rappers was found guilty...
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Kiev Dobbins found fatally shot in gangway just a block from his home in...
Kiev Dobbins was found with fatal gunshot wounds early Sunday in the Brainerd neighborhood.Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 2:25 a.m. found the 24-year-old Dobbins lying in a gangway...
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Tontriche 'Tony' Weathersby of Evergreen Park shot to death during argument...
Tontriche "Tony" Weathersby Jr. was fatally shot early Sunday when an argument turned deadly at a party in the Gage Park neighborhood, authorities said.The scene of a fatal shooting in the 5800 block...
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Doctors save baby girl after pregnant mother Parasha Beard fatally shot while...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireParasha M. Beard will never get to see her new baby, but doctors were able to save the infant after the mother was shot to death Sunday evening in South...
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Stanley Easley fatally shot in Washington Park
Stanley Easley was shot to death early Sunday in the Washington Park neighborhood.Easley, 36, was shot in the head at 1:55 a.m. in the 5100 block of South Indiana. He was on the block when a dark SUV...
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July death of Ural Durant in Ashburn ruled homicide, but autopsy shows...
The death of a Ural Jaylin Durant last summer in the Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been ruled a homicide, though the 21-year-old was not shot as police initially believed.On July 29,...
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An autopsy has found the death of 1-month-old Evette West in South Chicago...
The death of a 1-month-old Evette West in the South Chicago neighborhood girl last summer has been ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.Evette was brought...
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Man found shot to death in Austin alley identified as 54-year-old Ahmad Morgan
A man found shot to death last week in the Austin neighborhood has been identified as 54-year-old Ahmad N. Morgan.Morgan was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest around 9:20 p.m. Thursday in...
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Maurice McKnight killed, second man wounded when argument leads to gunfire on...
Maurice McKnight was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Monday morning in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side.The men got into an argument with another person about 11:40 a.m. in...
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Eddie Huff shot to death while stopped in car at red light on Near West Side
Eddie Huff was shot to death early Tuesday while driving on the Near West Side.The 29-year-old Huff was sitting in a vehicle that was stopped at a red light at 2:55 a.m. in the 200 block of South...
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Death of 4-year-old Manuel Aguilar, found burned in abandoned West Englewood...
The death of 4-year-old Manuel Aguilar, whose body was set on fire and left in a vacant Englewood home last month, has been ruled a homicide, and boy's mother remains behind bars.Alyssa Garcia |...
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Bruce Smith fatally shot during argument on block where he lived in Back of...
An argument in a Back of the Yards street early Wednesday led to the death of Bruce E. Smith, who was shot on the block where he lived.Smith, 51, was arguing with another man in the 5100 block of South...
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Man found dead after series of arson fires in Heart of Chicago identified as...
A man found dead in a garage after a series of arson fires early Friday in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood has been identified as 59-year-old Venancio Veracruz Benitez, who lived on the block.Seven...
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Anthony Thorpe killed, second man wounded in Englewood shooting that may have...
Anthony Thorpe was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a shooting Thursday morning in the Englewood neighborhood.A man was killed and another was seriously wounded early Thursday in...
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Eric Banks shot to death while walking on block where he lived in Washington...
Eric Banks was was walking on the block where he lived in the killed in the Washington Park neighborhood when he was shot to death Wednesday afternoon.Banks, 25, was on the sidewalk about 1:51 p.m. in...
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Miguel Williams and another man were killed when they got into a shootout in...
Chicago Police say Miguel Williams and another man were shooting at each other early Wednesday in the West Pullman neighborhood, and both men were killed.Chicago Police investigate in the 12300 block...
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Jeremiah Curtis killed, second man wounded in drive-by shooting in Fuller Park
Jeremiah Curtis was killed and another man wounded in a Fuller Park neighborhood shooting Friday afternoon.The men were outside about 1:45 p.m. in the 4200 block of South Princeton when someone in a...
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Carl Jackson chased into building and shot on the block where he lived in...
Fifty-six-year-old Carl Jackson was chased and shot to death on the block where he lived in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.About 5:25 p.m., Jackson was...
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