$1M bond for 18-year-old in killing of Lamanta Reese in prosecutors called...
By JEFF MAYES and TOM SCHUBA Chicago Sun-Times WireQuinton Gates | Chicago PoliceAn 18-year-old charged with killing Lamanta Reese last month in a gang-related shooting in the South Side Englewood...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in Chatham identified as 27-year-old Tryce Caver
A man shot to death Tuesday night in the South Side Chatham neighborhood has been identified as 27-year-old Tryce Caver, who lived about two blocks away.Caver was found by responding officers about...
View ArticleSecond-degree murder charge filed in fatal stabbing of James Rice in his Back...
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-TimesMarco C. Robertson | Chicago Police Bond was set at $350,000 Saturday for a man charged with fatally stabbing James E. Rice early Thursday inside his Back of the...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with fatal shooting of 53-year-old Tina Brown in...
Gregory L. Pearson | Chicago PoliceA man has been charged with fatally shooting 53-year-old Tina Brown last month in the South Chicago neighborhood.Gregory L. Pearson, 49, faces one count of...
View ArticleFriends Corey Hill Jr., 16; and Jacques Mack, 15, gunned down in North...
Two teenage boys called best friends--16-year-old Corey Hill Jr. and 15-year-old Jacques Mack--were killed in a shooting Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.The boys...
View ArticleMan fatally shot while playing basketball on Englewood street identified as...
Two men were playing basketball in the street in Englewood last week when a vehicle drive by, someone started shooting, leaving Malcolm Gayles Jr. dead and a man critically wounded.The men were playing...
View ArticleNaperville resident Romaine Elkins returns to Chicago, where he is fatally...
Romaine L. Elkins, a former Chicago resident who had moved to west suburban Naperville, was fatally shot on Friday evening in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.About 5:15 p.m., the 18-year-old...
View ArticleLouis 'Sticks' Chamness shot to death while driving in Belmont Central
Louis "Sticks" Chamness was killed in a shooting while driving in the Belmont Central neighborhood Friday evening on the Northwest Side.About 6:45 p.m., the 21-year-old Chamness was driving in the 5700...
View ArticleIsaac Reed of Cicero gunned down on Southwest Side while taking his two young...
By SAM CHARLES and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-TimesIsaac Reed with his children, 2-year-old Damien and 5-month-old Milani. | FacebookIsaac Reed of west suburban Cicero died about five hours after being...
View ArticleXavier Joy came back to work with underprivileged children, but ended up shot...
By SAM CHARLES and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-TimesXavier Joy | FacebookA former college football player and son of a Chicago political reformer, Xavier O. Joy had come back to Chicago to work with...
View ArticleJose Maldonado of Justice dies three days after being shot while driving with...
Jose D. Maldonado of southwest suburban Justice died early Sunday morning, three days after he and a woman were shot in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Maldonado, 36; and the...
View ArticleChristian Rodriguez shot to death while walking in Back of the Yards
Christian Rodriguez was shot to death Sunday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.About 5:10 p.m., the 24-year-old Rodriguez was walking in the 4700 block of South Winchester...
View Article29-year-old Fredrick Vasquez killed in Humboldt Park drive-by
Fredrick Vasquez was killed early Sunday in a Humboldt Park neighborhood shooting on the West Side.Vasquez, 29, was standing on the sidewalk at 1:28 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Monticello when...
View Article24-year-old Dontae Thomas shot to death on block where he lived in Lawndale
Dontae Thomas was shot to death early Sunday in on the block where he lived in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.At 5:07 a.m., the 24-year-old Thomas was standing in the 1400 block of...
View ArticleIvan Gutierrez killed, two men wounded in drive-by shooting on block where he...
Ivan Gutierrez was killed and two other men were wounded in a shooting early Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, police said.Gutierrez, 19, was standing on the sidewalk with...
View Article'We lost another baby': Mother's ex-boyfriend charged with brutal murder of...
By STEFANO ESPOSITIO, MITCHELL ARMENTROUT, ASHLEE REZIN and MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-TimesAlexis Stubbs | Facebook He didn’t want the other children in the building to see their friend’s blood.So Reggie...
View ArticlePolice: 18-year-old Dana Matthews fatally shot after shooting and trying to...
Authorities say Dana Matthews was shot and killed Monday night after shooting and trying to rob another man in the South Side Gresham neighborhood.A 39-year-old told police he was in the 8300 block of...
View ArticleClancy Beasley of Bellwood found with fatal gunshot wounds in vehicle in West...
Clancy Nate Beasley of west suburban Bellwood was killed Monday night in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting.Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 10:15 p.m. found the 39-year-old...
View ArticleBruce Crosby killed, two teenagers wounded when gunman in SUV opens fire on...
Bruce Crosby, known to friends as Koboy Savage, was killed and two teenagers were wounded Monday afternoon in a Lawndale neighborhood shooting on the West Side.Crosby, 20; was sitting in a vehicle with...
View Article15-year-old active church member Julio Cesar Garcia-Lara fatally shot while...
Fifteen-year-old Julio Cesar Garcia-Lara was shot to death late Monday night while riding in the back of an SUV in the West Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.About 10:30 p.m., a white Dodge...
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