WEEK IN REVIEW: 18 more killed in Chicago, including popular retired...
At least 18 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including an elderly west suburban businessman who often returned to his West Side neighborhood, where he advocated against violence and...
View ArticleAutopsy shows death of 1-month-old Timothy Harmon in Englewood was the result...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireThe death of 1-month-old Timothy Harmon on Wednesday afternoon in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been ruled a homicide by child abuse.About 2 p.m.,...
View Article21-year-old woman gets 3 years for putting newborn in plastic bag, leaving...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireAna Rosa Mora | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A woman who put hernewborn son into a plastic bag, and left the infant to died in a gangway on the Northwest Side in...
View Article64-year-old Otis Hatchett dies two days after being shot in the head while...
A man who was shot Wednesday evening while driving in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood and died two days later was identified as 64-year-old Otis Hatchett.At 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Hatchett was...
View Article19-year-old Shaqwon Stidhun shot and killed by two men near his home in Austin
Nineteen-year-old Shaqwon I. Stidhun was killed Friday afternoon in a shooting just a block away from his home in the West Side Austin neighborhood.At 3:17 p.m., Stidhun was standing in the 5500 block...
View ArticleAnthony 'Mook G' Barr of south suburban Harvey shot to death while sitting in...
Anthony "Mook G" Barr of south suburban Harvey was fatally shot Sunday afternoon while sitting in a vehicle in the Far South Side Riverdale neighborhood.Barr, 45, was sitting in the driver’s seat of a...
View ArticleBond denied for 24-year-old man charged with fatal shooting of Justin Bowman...
Alfredo Ramos | Chicago PoliceA man has been ordered held without after being charged with the April 24 murder of Justin T. Bowman in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.Bond was denied...
View ArticleWeek in review: Killed in Chicago violence
At least one person was fatally shot last week in Chicago.----NEED ID: A man was found shot to death Monday morning in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to police. The...
View ArticleNo prison time for man who was driving 90 mph when he fatally struck Bria...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireGeorge Evans | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A man who fatally struck 18-year-old Bria Hunter with a rented car last year in the South Side Chatham neighborhood was...
View ArticleMan killed in shooting that led to three-vehicle crash in Englewood...
A man killed in a shooting that led to a crash that injured three other people last week in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been identified as Nathaniel Lewis-Edwards of south suburban...
View ArticleQuenten Wright fatally shot by robber while shoveling snow in front of his...
Quenten Wright was shoveling snow in front of his home in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood Monday morning when he was fatally shot.Neighbors said the 53-year-old Wright was shoveling in the...
View ArticleLawrence 'Bookie' Matchem, who friends say worked to stop the violence,...
Lawrence T. Matchem, known as a crusader for anti-violence efforts, became the latest victim of Chicago violence when the 49-year-old was shot to death Monday afternoon in the South Side Oakland...
View ArticleJudge: If convicted, teen accused of fatally stabbing De'Kayla Dansberry...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesDe'Kayla Dansberry | Facebook A Cook County Juvenile Court judge on Thursday ruled that the minor accused of fatally stabbing 15-year-old De’Kayla Dansberry would...
View ArticleDerrick Swanigan shot to death by 'someone he knew' during argument in...
Derrick Swanigan was fatally shot Friday night in his home in the South Side Chatham neighborhood by someone he knew, according to police, but a person of interest who was questioned was later...
View ArticleAnthony Shorter dies more than two weeks after being shot during argument on...
Anthony Shorter, wounded in a shooting on Thanksgiving a few blocks from his home in the West Side Austin neighborhood, died of his injuries on Monday.Shorter, 32, was walking with a 35-year-old man...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Nine killed in violence in Chicago, including 1-month-old boy...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 9 people died from violence last week, including a 1-month-old baby whose death in Englewood was ruled a homicide by child abuse, as Chicago's 2016 murder...
View Article17 years for fatal 2013 shooting of Phillip Curtis outside his grandmother's...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTerrence Ghani | Chicago Police A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatally shooting Phillip Curtis in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood...
View ArticleGeorgia resident Antonian Mixon shot to death during attempted robbery in...
Antonian T. Mixon, Georgia resident, was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.A man from Georgia was shot to death Wednesday night in the West Chatham...
View ArticleReport on gun violence in Cook County call for more cooperation between...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesCook COUnty Commissioner Richard Boykin | Sun-Times file photo While crime does not respect municipal boundaries, police agencies in Cook County have no uniform way to...
View ArticleMan gets 55 years for fatally shooting Guvanni Johnson, his fiance's brother,...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago SUn-Times WireEric Hamilton | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for fatally shooting Guvonni Johnson, his fiance’s brother, during a...
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