Travis Joseph dies 10 hours after being shot on porch on block where he lived...
Travis Joseph died early Saturday, about 10 hours after he was shot in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.Joseph, 31, was on a porch at 6:23 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of West 71st Street...
View ArticleEddie Thomas shot to death while sitting in vehicle near his home in Austin
Eddie Thomas was shot to death Saturday afternoon while sitting in a vehicle just blocks away from his home in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.Thomas, 33, was sitting in a vehicle at 3:33 p.m....
View ArticleAmtrak officer charged with murder for shooting Chad Robertson outside Union...
By STEFANO ESPOSITO, MITCHELL ARMENTROUT and SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-TimesChad Robertson had already bolted—and was at least 75 feet away—when Amtrak police officer LaRoyce Tankson | Chicago Police...
View ArticleMan charged with murder for allegedly setting Heart of Chicago fire that...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireThomas Stafford | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A man has been charged with setting a garage fire last fall in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood that left...
View ArticleWoman charged with starving her 2-month-old son, Jashawn McBride, to death in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireShawnquail Minnis | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A Far South Side woman accused of starving her 2-month-old son Jashawn McBride to death two years ago has been...
View ArticleMan charged with fatal shootings of 2-year-old Lavontay White and his uncle...
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-TimesDevon Swan | Chicago Police As Judge Peggy Chiampas reminded the court how young 2-year-old Lavontay White Jr. was when he was fatally shot earlier this week, along with...
View ArticlePolice: Delray Talbert killed during knife fight that left second man wounded...
Two men stabbed each other during a fight early Monday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, leaving Delray Talbert dead and the other man hospitalized.Talbert, 33, and a 37-year-old...
View ArticleVideo shows man accused of killing 11-year-old Takiya Holmes being beaten by...
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times WireThe 19-year-old man charged with firing the stray bullet that struck and killed 11-year-old Takiya Holmes was beaten by a Cook County Jail inmate while...
View ArticleMan shot to death while riding in car in Englewood identified as 24-year-old...
A man shot to death Tuesday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side has been identified as 24-year-old Donnell Richmond, who lived in the neighborhood.Richmond was in a vehicle with...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in Altgeld Gardens identified as Michael...
A man found shot to death Monday night in a field in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on the Far South Side has been identified as 27-year-old Michael J. Lawrence-Harrington.Officers responding to a...
View Article60-year-old Jose Correa shot to death in his Little Village garage while...
Jose Correa was preparing to leave for work Wednesday morning, but he never made it. His wife found the 60-year-old shot to death in his garage in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest...
View ArticleJustin Thomas fatally shot while walking in Roseland
Justin Thomas was walking in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood Tuesday night when someone shot him in the eye. Just after 9 p.m., the 30-year-old Thomas was on the sidewalk in the 10000 block of...
View Article55-year-old Willie Shaw shot to death during argument in Bronzeville
Willie Shaw was shot to death during an argument early Wednesday in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.Chicago Police investigate a shooting early Wednesday in the 4500 block of South...
View ArticleDevell Coleman shot to death while walking just a block from his home in...
Devell L. Coleman was shot to death while walking Wednesday night just a block from his home in the Brainerd neighborhood on the South Side.Chicago Police investigate a shooting Wednesday night in the...
View ArticleBobbie Jackson found with gunshot wound to head, second fatal shooting in...
Bobbie Jackson was found shot to death Wednesday evening in Altgeld Gardens, the second fatal shooting in three days in the Far South Side nieghborhood.Officers responded shortly after 7 p.m. to a call...
View ArticleJon Shupe of Calumet City shot to death while arguing with another person in...
Jon Shupe of south suburban Calumet City was fatally shot during an argument Wednesday night in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.Shupe, 31, was arguing with another person about 8:35...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 12 dead in Chicago violence
At least 12 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week.----A baby saved after her mother was fatally shot five months ago in the South Chicago neighborhood died Thursday. A’Miracle Jones died...
View ArticleA'Miracle Jones, baby saved after her pregnant mother was shot to death in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireA'Miracle Jones | FacebookA’Miracle Jones, the premature baby saved by doctors after her mother was fatally shot five months ago in the South Chicago neighborhood,...
View ArticleWoman charged with murder of former roommate Michael Newell in Garfield...
A 27-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of pizza delivery driver Michael Newell, who was a family friend and former roommate, in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side in...
View ArticleSecond and third men charged with murders of 2-year-old Lavontay White and...
Doniel Harris | Cook County Sheriff's Dept.Two more men have been charged with the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old Lavontay White and his uncle, Lazarec Collins, an attack that also left a pregnant...
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