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Kevin Johnson shot dead in Morgan Park community
Kevin Johnson was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood.Officers responded about 4:40 p.m. Tuesday to a call of shots fired and found Johnson, 30, in the 11200 block of South...
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Authorities: Store owner fatally shoots would-be robber Demarcus Brandon on...
A South Side store owner fatally shot a man who attempted to rob the business Tuesday evening.Authorities said 25-year-old Demarcus Brandon entered a cell phone store in the 1700 block of East 87th...
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Nearly a year later, mother still investigating son's Austin neighborhood murder
Marshall Fields-Hall / Family PhotoBY MICHAEL RANIERIAustinTalksDonna Hall picks up her phone and dials the number she's had memorized for nearly a year. 312 . . . When the operator answers, she asks...
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Mark Harbin charged in murder of Gentiles Williamson
Mark Harbin / Photo from Chicago Police A parolee was ordered held on $600,000 bond Wednesday, accused in an East Garfield Park shooting in November in which a man was fatally shot in front of his...
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Comment of the Day: "Stephon was a good person"
Stephon Wright, 18, was shot and killed in July after trying to run away from the gunman. Reader jo_jo shared this about Wright. Stephon was a good person,had a good heart......he was like an brother...
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Anthony Rivers shot dead in Back of the Yards
Anthony Rivers was shot to death Wednesday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.Rivers, 30, was in a vehicle in the 5400 block of South Bishop Street when somebody approached and opened fire...
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Cayetano Sandoval, 68, shot to death in Logan Square
A 68-year-old man was shot to death in the Logan Square neighborhood early Thursday.Police responded to a call of a person shot in the 1900 block of North Spaulding Avenue and found Cayetano Sandoval...
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Alberto Gaytan charged with murder in Northwest Side stabbing death of Maria...
Alberto Gaytan / Photo from Chicago PoliceAlberto Gaytan has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing a woman to death during a Thanksgiving Day domestic attack on the Northwest Side.Gaytan,...
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UPDATE: Alberto Gaytan stabbed ex-girlfriend 11 times outside her Northwest...
Alberto Gaytan / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorAlberto Gaytan stabbed his ex-girlfriend 11 times -- nearly decapitating her -- Thanksgiving morning outside her...
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UPDATE: Alleged robber killed by South Side store owner was suspected of...
Demarcus Brandon / Photo from Illinois Department of Corrections(HARVEY) A parolee shot dead by a South Side store owner during an alleged attempted robbery Tuesday evening was a prime suspect in a...
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Comment of the Day: "My heart goes out to the parents and family"
Jah’niyah White was killed when she was mauled by a dog last Saturday at her grandfather's South Side home. An autopsy determined she died of child abuse and the death was ruled a homicide. A guest...
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Second man charged with murder for slaying inside Englewood gas station
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA second man has been charged with murder for his role in a November shooting that left Devorite Diggins dead inside an Englewood gas station.Valton...
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Darnell Williams shot dead on South Side
Darnell Williams was shot and killed on a South Side sidewalk Thursday afternoon.Williams, 17, was walking on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of East 102nd Place when two unknown males approached him...
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Michael Turner, 42, shot dead in Woodlawn
Michael Turner was shot to death early Saturday in the Woodlawn neighborhood.Officers responding to a call of shots fired found the 42-year-old Turner lying in an alley in the 700 block of East 67th...
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Deangelo Shelton killed in shooting at Austin apartment building
Deangelo Shelton was killed and another man was seriously wounded in an Austin neighborhood shooting early Saturday.The two men were standing in the vestibule of an apartment building in the 300 block...
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Louis Berry found shot to death in North Lawndale
Louis Berry was found shot to death on a North Lawndale sidewalk Sunday morning.Berry, 24, was found lying in the 4300 block of West Cullerton Street about 7:30 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his lower...
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Kahlin Holloway stabbed to death in South Deering community
Kahlin L. Holloway was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute in the South Deering neighborhood Sunday evening.Holloway, 22, was stabbed in the upper left chest at 5:47 p.m. in the 9600 block of...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: 10 killed in citywide homicides last week
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorNine people were shot to death and one person was fatally stabbed in homicides throughout the city last week.At least one of the deaths is believed to be...
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Family of man slain in Logan Square distributes flyers offering $1,000 reward
Sheldon McCraven / Family PhotoBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorSheldon McCraven was found shot to death in Logan Square more than six weeks ago, and authorities are still searching for...
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Woman convicted of Chuck E. Cheese stabbing now charged with murder for...
Shardonnae Pruitt / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesA South Side woman previously convicted for a stabbing at a local Chuck E. Cheese allegedly plunged a knife into her...
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