WEEK IN REVIEW: At least 12 people died from violence in Chicago, including...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 12 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including a 21-month-old girl allegedly beaten to death by her mother's boyfriend, and two boys...
View ArticleJoseph Anderson, found shot to death in his Rosemoor apartment, is the city's...
Joseph Anderson, who was found dead with a gunshot wound to the face on the floor of his Rosemoor neighborhood apartment Thursday night, is at least the 700th homicide victim in the city this year.A...
View ArticlePopular artist and anti-violence advocate Michael Paul Anderson gunned down...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireMichael Paul Anderson was well known on the South Side as both an artist and an anti-violence advocate. | Facebook Michael Paul Anderson was a veteran of the U.S....
View ArticleEddie King shot to death in Auburn Gresham drive-by
Eddie King was killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday morning in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.King, 27, was in the 8300 block of South Hamilton at 11:41 a.m. when a black vehicle...
View ArticleJarod Morris killed, second man wounded in shooting less than a block from...
Jarod Morris was fatally shot and another man was wounded Thursday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.The two men were in the backyard of a residence in the 11200 block of...
View ArticleMan charged with June slaying of Jeremy Clark during dice game in Back of the...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireCorey Binns | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A South Side man has been charged with killing 25-year-old Jeremy Clark man during a dice game over the summer in...
View ArticleLansing man charged with fatal July shooting of Laron McCoy during argument...
Rondale Parker | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireA south suburban man has been charged with fatally shooting 25-year-old Laron McCoy four months ago in the...
View ArticleJovan WIlson, grandson of congressman Danny Davis, shot during argument over...
Congressman Danny Davis' grandson was shot to death inside his family home Englewood Friday evening. | Daniel Brown/Sun-Times WireJovan Wilson, the teenage grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, was shot...
View ArticleGuadalupe Saucedo-Garcia found shot to death in backyard of a home in Gage Park
A man found shot to death in the backyard of a Gage Park neighborhood home early Saturday on the Southwest Side has been identified as Guadalupe Antonio Saucedo-Garcia.A 27-year-old man was found shot...
View ArticleKevin Shorter fatally shot, 13-year-old boy wounded while walking in Austin
Kevin Shorter was killed and a 13-year-old boy seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.The 18-year-old Shorter was walking with the boy about 11:15...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in Englewood identified as 22-year-old Odell Jones
Odell Jones Jr. was shot to death early Sunday in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.Officers responding about 12:50 a.m. to a call of shots fired found the 22-year-old man lying face...
View Article16-year-old boy, 17-year-old girl charged with murder of Javon Wilson,...
By JON SEIDEL and MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-TimesJavon WIlson | Facebook A teenage boy and a teenage girl have been charged with the fatal shooting of Congressman Danny Davis’ 15-year-old grandson Javon...
View ArticleMichael 'Zo' Gipson shot to death during argument with aquaintance on block...
Michael M. Gipson was shot to death after an argument early Sunday on the block where he lived in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.At 3:20 a.m., the 40-year-old was arguing with...
View ArticlePaul Cruz shot to death in drive-by near his home in East Side
A man fatally shot Sunday evening near his home in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side has been identified as 31-year-old Paul Cruz.Cruz was outside just after 5 p.m. in the 10300 block of...
View ArticleAbimbola 'Bim Diggity' Sheleru found shot to death in alley in West Ridge
A man who died about three hours after being shot early Sunday in the West Ridge neighborhood on the Northwest Side has been identified as 28-year-old Abimbola "Bim Diggity" Sheleru.Officers called...
View ArticleAspiring rapper Matthew Rodgers, who performed as Young Affishal, gunned down...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireChicago Police investigate a fatal shooting early Sunday in the 1300 block of North Moorman. | NVP News Chicago has lost another up-and-coming young musical star....
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Cold doesn't stop the carnage as 22 die in homicides,...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire The weather turned colder last week, but that couldn't stop the violence, as 22 more people died as the result of homicides in Chicago, including the teenage...
View Article17-year-old Ketrell Hill killed, 16-year-old boy wounded in drive-by shooting...
Seventeen-year-old Ketrell Hill was killed and a 16-year-old boy wounded in a shooting Monday afternoon just a couple of blocks away from his home in the North Lawndale neighborhood.About 2 p.m., the...
View ArticleThanksgiving will never be the same for one South Side family after the fatal...
Kiev Dobbins. | Family photoBy LOU FOGLIA Homicide Watch ChicagoKiev Dobbins was a young man with adult responsibilities, family members said. He worked two jobs—three if you count the continuous care...
View Article20-year-old Deshawn Adams dies after being attacked in West Garfield Park...
Deshawn Adams was gunned down Tuesday evening in a West Garfield Park neighborhood drive-by attack.About 5:45 p.m., a dark car pulled up to the 20-year-old Adams in the 3500 block of West Van Buren and...
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