Man charged with killing 53-year-old Kenneth Allen, an innocent bystander,...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After Eddie Brown was body-slammed by his rival during an fight in Austin last year, he got in his car and drove away. But Brown allegedly returned with a gun and...
View Article17-year-old Titus Jackson found with multiple gunshot wounds in Marquette Park
Seventeen-year-old Titus Jackson was found shot to death Friday evening in the Marquette Park neighborhood in the Southwest Side.Jackson was discovered unresponsive at 6:23 p.m. in the 7100 block of...
View ArticleNatalia Ramirez was 'bubbly and full of life,' a great friend and hard worker...
By ELIZABETH CZAPSKI Homicide Watch ChicagoWhen Jessica Sanchez got the call that her two brothers and her close friend, Natalia Ramirez, had been shot, she “instantly broke down.”Natalia...
View ArticleIshmael Jackson of Robbins shot to death, second man wounded in backyard of...
Ishmael Jackson was killed and another man wounded in an Englewood neighborhood shooting Saturday night on the South Side.Chicago Police investigate in the 5600 block of South Elizabeth, where two men...
View ArticleMaywood man charged with murder of Garcel Woods, who was found shot to death...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTerry Gilford | Maywood Police Dept. A Maywood man was charged with the murder of Garcel S. Woods, who was found dead almost two months ago in an alley in the South...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Roseland identified as 24-year-old Jason Barrett
A man who was shot to death Monday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side has been identified as 24-year-old Jason "Jrock" Barrett.About 4:15 p.m., the 24-year-old Barrett was in...
View Article24-year-old man charged with killing Ishmael Jackson, wounding second man...
Jamal Donerson | Chicago PoliceA man has been charged with killing Ishmael Jackson and wounding another man in a weekend shooting in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.Jamal Donerson, 24, faces...
View ArticleMan already charged with murder of 3-year-old son Tayveon Thomas also accused...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireDevon Thomas | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. A Far South Side man has been charged with the murder of his 4-month-old daughter, Janylah Mack, following an attack on...
View ArticleAurora man charged with kidnapping and beating Clarence King, then dumping...
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times WireAnthony W. Bills | Aurora Police An Aurora man has been charged with murder and kidnapping in connection with the death of 18-year-old Clarence King, whose...
View ArticleWoman gets 14 years for drunken argument with new husband that led to crash...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesShikita Woods | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A woman who rammed her husband’s car, causing a crash that killed newspaper deliveryman Brent Nelson...
View ArticleLocal gridiron, hoops players reeling at loss of Cedric Adkins-Malone, who...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireCedric Adkins-Malone "had a beautiful smile; you never saw a frown on his face," Illinois Sabers GM Dana Hutchinson said. | Facebook The Illinois Sabers minor league...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: After three found shot to death in car on Monday, week ends...
A week that started out with three people being found with fatal gunshot wounds in a car parked on the South Side ended with only three more fatal shootings. And the death of a man who had been shot...
View Article20-year-old Tomorry Hill shot to death by someone in vehicle while walking in...
Tomorry Hill was fatally shot Friday afternoon in a drive-by in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.The 20-year-old Hill was walking at 4:53 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Laflin Street,...
View ArticleArgument in vestibule of Gresham apartment building leaves Tanisha Jackson...
An argument in the vestibule of a South Side Gresham neighborhood apartment building left Tanisha Jackson dead and two men wounded early Sunday.The victims in the apartment building vestibule in the...
View Article14-year-old McNair student Laquan Allen shot to death in drive-by while...
Less than two years ago, Laquan Allen survived being shot in the thigh. But on Saturday afternoon, the 14-year-old was shot to death in a drive-by attack while walking in the Austin neighborhood on the...
View ArticleMurder of Hector Badillo Jr. inspired 'Moment of Silence,' local hip-hop...
By ELIZABETH CZAPSKI Homicide Watch ChicagoChicago hip-hop artist Marcus Alexander’s newest single, “Moment of Silence,” pleads for an end to gun violence in the city, and its inspiration bloomed out...
View Article27-year-old gets 14 years for fatally shooting Charzelle Hayes during 2015...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTimothy Ward | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for fatally shooting Charzelle Hayes during an argument in the West Side...
View ArticleMan charged with executing four, leaving fifth in coma during botched robbery...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesLionel Parks | Chicago Police A survivor of a brutal Far South Side home invasion that left Elijah Jackson, his pregnant sister, Shacora Jackson; Shacora’s 19-year-old...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 5 dead in Chicago violence
By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago Despite a dramatic reduction in homicides in Chicago so far in March, another 5 people died from violence in the city last week.As of March 30, there had been 28...
View ArticleRomille McCall of Cicero dies one day after being shot while inside vehicle...
Romille McCall, a 23-year-old west suburban resident, died Thursday afternoon, a day after being shot Wednesday night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.McCall, a Cicero resident who formerly...
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