16-year-old Darmayah 'Bug' Smith shot to death just three blocks from his Far...
Sixteen-year-old Darmayah Smith, known to friends as "Bug," died nine hours after he was shot Wednesday evening near his home in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.The boy was walking at...
View ArticlePatrice Calvin, four months pregnant with her first child, found shot to...
Patrice L. Calvin was preparing for the birth of her first child. Now her family is preparing for a funeral.Patrice L. Calvin | Facebook The 26-year-old was found shot to death Thursday afternoon in...
View ArticleDonald White dies 10 days after being shot in Englewood attack that left...
Donald White, wounded in a shooting more than a week ago in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, died Friday of the injuries suffered in that attack.The 29-year-old White was pronounced dead...
View ArticleCourtney Lewis killed, second man wounded when shot are fired into their...
Courtney Lewis was killed and another man critically wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.The 20-year-old Lewis was with three other people about 12:30...
View ArticleAfter Terry Torrence called 911 to report burglary in his West Pullman home,...
Terry D. Torrence called 911 to report a burglary in his West Pullman home early Saturday, but when police arrived, they found him shot to death in his doorway.At 6:22 a.m., officers responded to the...
View Article$1,000 reward offered for information on killing of Robert Cox, 62-year-old...
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information on the death of military veteran Robert L. Cox after the 62-year-old was found stabbed to death early Sunday in the Gresham neighborhood on the South...
View ArticleMan found shot to death Friday evening in South Chicago identified as...
A man who was fatally shot Friday evening in the South Chicago neighborhood has been identified as 21-year-old Timothy Shannon. Officers responding to a call of a person shot just before 5 p.m. found...
View ArticleBrothers Dillon and Raheam Jackson, Emmanuel Stokes, Edwin Davis killed when...
By SAM CHARLES, MITCHELL ARMENTROUT, JACOB WITTICH, TOM SCHUBA and FRAN SPIELMAN Chicago Sun-TimesDana Jackson mourns for her sons Dillon, 20, and Raheam,19, who were shot to death with two others at...
View ArticleCornell Patrick, Dominique Scott gunned down while riding in van in South...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WirePolice investigate after two people were killed in a South Shore drive-by shooting late Thursday. | Mitchell Armentrout/Sun-Times Two people shot to death...
View Article15-year-old Diego Villada dies in hospital two days after being confronted...
Fifteen-year-old Diego Villada died Monday morning, two days after he was shot on the block where he lived in the Hermosa neighborhood on the Northwest Side.The boy was in an alley about 12:35 p.m....
View ArticleMan shot to death while sitting in vehicle in Austin identified as...
A man shot to death late Saturday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as 23-year-old Pier Charvell Minor.About 11:40 p.m., Minor was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 5200...
View ArticleDeonta Turner and Lemont Davis killed, 4 wounded in attack in East Garfield...
By JON SEIDEL, JACOB WITTICH, SAM CHARLES and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Police investigate the scene where two men were killed and four men were shot in the at 4:33 p.m. Sunday in the 3500...
View Article17-year-old Ronnie Smith Jr. killed, man wounded in shooting near his home in...
Ronnie Tyrone Smith Jr. was killed in a shooting near his home in the Englewood neighborhood late Tuesday that also left a man wounded.The 17-year-old Smith Jr was standing in an alley with a...
View ArticleMan fatally shot last week in South Shore identified as Jerry Jacobs, father...
By SAM CHARLES and MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-TimesJerry Jacobs | Facebook A man shot to death last week in the South Shore neighborhood has been identified as 37-year-old Jerry Jacobs, and...
View Article16-year-old Kahari Stovall shot to death, man wounded while walking out of...
Sixteen-year-old Kahari Stovall was killed and a 19-year-old man wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.They were walking out of a store in the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Killing of four people at South Shore restaurant was revenge for...
By SAM CHARLES, ANDY GRIMM and MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-TimesMaurice Harris | Chicago PoliceMaurice Harris’ father — 37-year-old Jerry Jacobs, who had nearly four dozen arrests, including two...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: It started calmly but exploded in wave of South Shore...
By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago A week that started out with about four full days without a homicide suddenly exploded into a bloodbath when four shootings left eight people dead in a matter of 24...
View ArticleArsennial Allen shot to death in front of store in South Chicago
Arsennial Allen was shot to death Thursday afternoon in front of a store in the South Chicago neighborhood.The 28-year-old Allen was standing in front of the store at 3:22 p.m. in the 2300 block of...
View ArticleMan shot to death in North Lawndale identified as 47-year-old George Dehart
A man who was shot to death Monday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as 47-year-old George Dehart.At 11:57 a.m. Monday, Dehart was in the 1300 block of...
View ArticlePastor calls Keyon Boyd a talented student and athlete who 'really knew the...
Keyon Boyd/Family photoBy ELIZABETH CZAPSKI Homicide Watch ChicagoWhen Keyon Boyd was very young, his aunt nicknamed him "Smiley" because he was always grinning. "He was the family’s comedian," his...
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