WEEK IN REVIEW: 14 killed in Chicago, including woman holding her baby; and...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 14 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including two women, one of whom was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide, and...
View Article25-year-old Aaron Jackson killed in drive-by shooting in Lawndale
Aaron Jackson was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood late Thursday on the Southwest Side.Just before 10 p.m., the 25-year-old was on a sidewalk in the 1500 block of South...
View ArticleDevante Norwood shot to death outside gas station in West Englewood
Devante Norwood was shot to death Thursday night outside a gas station in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.About 10 p.m., the 2w-year-old was standing in the parking lot of a gas...
View Article29-year-old Tony Hussaini dies two weeks after being shot in Little Village...
Tony Hussaini died early Thursday, two weeks after he was shot in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.On Oct. 1 at 7:18 a.m., Hussaini, 29, was standing on the street, talking to a...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting in East Garfield Park leaves Jeffrey Brinson dead, six...
A drive-by shooting in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side Friday night left Jeffrey Brinson dead and six other people injured.At 8:18 p.m., the group was standing together outside in...
View ArticleVincent Zarco fatally shot in Little VIllage, but two people questioned are...
A west suburban man was fatally shot Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood, but two people being questioned for the death of Vincent Zarco have been released without charges.Officers...
View ArticleFaizon Smith shot to death in West Garfield Park drive-by
Eighteen-year-old Faizon Smith was fatally shot in a drive-by in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Friday evening.At 6:49 p.m., Smith was in the gangway of a building in the 4500 block of West...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting in Woodlawn leaves Davon Smith dead
By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times WirePolice guard the scene where a man was fatally shot early Saturday in Woodlawn. | Daniel Brown/Sun-TimesDavon P. Smith was killed in a Woodlawn neighborhood...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting in Austin leaves Jamal Thomas and Jermale Richardson dead
Two young men fatally shot in a drive-by Friday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood have been identified as Jamal Thomas and Jermale Richardson.About 8 p.m., Thomas, 18; and Richardson, 20, were...
View ArticleOfficers find 18-year-old Latwon Rogers with fatal gunshot wounds in...
Police responding to a call found 18-year-old man Latwon A. Rogers suffering multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in the Southwest Side Marquette Park neighborhood Sunday evening. Officers were checking...
View ArticleDeath of Tommie Darling is second to be ruled homicide from Back of the Yards...
Two deaths in an August arson fire at a home in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood have now been ruled homicides--61-year-old Tommie Darling and 58-year-old Danny Darling.The aftermath of a...
View ArticleProsecutors: Woman urged 15-year-old to kill Carlos Ocampo in retaliation for...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesElizabeth Diaz | Chicago Police In retaliation for a gang beating, a 15-year-old boy riding in an SUV fatally shot 20-year-old Carlos Ocampo on his bicycle on a...
View ArticleAutopsy finds 15-year-old Demetrius Griffin was burned alive in garbage can...
The death of 15-year-old Demetrius Griffin Jr., whose body was found in a burning trash can last month in the West Side Austin neighborhood, has been ruled a homicide and authorities say he was burned...
View ArticleMan shot to death in West Rogers Park identified as 26-year-old Trasean Stokes
A man shot to death Friday night in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side has been identified as 26-year-old Trasean Stokes.Stokes was outside at 8:55 p.m. in the 6000 block of North...
View ArticleRonald McBee fatally shot during argument over gun in Englewood
A fight over a gun led to the fatal shooting of Ronald McBee on Monday night on the block where he lived in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.About 10:40 p.m., the 24-year-old McBee was...
View ArticlePopular North Side hoops star Gregory Dion Tucker Jr. fatally shot while...
Unless you were a regular at gymnasiums on the North Side, or a local hoops junkie, you may never have heard the name of Gregory Dion Tucker Jr. Gregory Dion Tucker Jr. and his daughter, Riley. |...
View ArticleWeek in review: Killed in Chicago
At least 17 people were shot to death last week in Chicago.----A 25-year-old man died after he was shot Sunday night in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side. Gregory Dion Tucker Jr. was driving...
View ArticleTimothy Agnew killed, four wounded in shooting on West Englewood block...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT, LUKE WILUSZ and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTimothy Agnew was killed and four other people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously wounded in a West Englewood...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after Marilyn Duffie killed during 'domestic' argument in...
Police believe the shooting that killed 21-year-old Marilyn Duffie on Tuesday in the Eden Green neighborhood was domestic in nature, and say the shooter is in custody.Duffie got into an argument with...
View ArticleMan gets 30 years for revenge killing that left Martavian Emery dead in Back...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireOtis Harriel | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting Martavian Emery, who allegedly directed...
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