Nationwide manhunt on for two, including Northwestern professor, for murder...
By JORDAN OWEN and ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesWyndham Lathem (left) and Andrew Warren | Chicago Police Just days after a 26-year-old Trenton H. James Cornell-Duranleau was found stabbed to death...
View Article19-year-old Kenyon Hill dies five days after being shot in face in East...
Nineteen-year-old Kenyon Hill died Tuesday, five days after he was shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.Hill was in the 700 block of North Lawndale about 2:25 p.m. Thursday when...
View ArticleWeek in review: Killed week of July 31-Aug 05
At least 4 people were killed in Chicago last week.----NEED ID: A 46-year-old man was shot to death Thursday morning in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood. The victim was outside in the 5600...
View ArticleDeath of Jonathan Gonzalez, fatally struck with car by ex-friend in February...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesEmmanuel Diaz | Chicago PoliceJonathan Gonzalez and Emmanuel Diaz were pals once. But the friendship soured when Gonzalez became convinced that Diaz had romantic...
View ArticleFather of five Abel Melesio shot to death while watering lawn in front of his...
By JORDAN OWEN and MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times WireAbel Melesio | family photo Father of five Abel Melesio was shot to death Thursday morning while watering the lawn of his home in the...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: 14 more dead as murder total passes 400, including mother...
By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch ChicagoSun-Times file photo by Ashlee Rezin At least 14 people were killed last week as Chicago passed the 400-homicide mark for the year nearly a week ahead of last year's...
View ArticleMom remembers Christian Pichardo 'making sunshine happen on a gloomy day,'...
By ANALISA TROFIMUK Homicide Watch ChicagoChristian Pichardo and family member.Maricela Huerta recalls her son, Christian Pichardo, serving his community from his grandparents' garage in South Chicago...
View ArticlePolice release photo of car used in the killing of activist Willie Cooper...
Investigators say this black, four-door Audi sedan was used in the fatal shooting of 58-year-old Willie Cooper on July 15 on the Far South Side. | Chicago Police Detectives seeking fresh leads have...
View ArticleNU professor and second suspect surrender in California, charged with murder...
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times and ASSOCIATED PRESSWyndham Lathem (left) and Andrew Warren | Chicago PoliceWyndham Lathem, the Northwestern professor suspected of murder, dropped off his alleged...
View Article14-year-old Damien 'Lil Slay' Santoyo, who would have started high school,...
Damien "Lil Slay" Santoyo, who recently turned 14, was killed in a Pilsen neighborhood drive-by shooting early Sunday on the South Side.14-year-old Damien Santoyo had recently moved to Chicago from...
View ArticleWoman in custody after Damien Hernandez shot to death during what cops call...
A woman was in custody after Damien Hernandez was killed Sunday morning in what police called a domestic-related shooting in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side.At 5:18 a.m., the...
View ArticleReckless homicide filed against driver for causing DUI crash that killed...
A 38-year-old man was charged with reckless homicide for a Belmont Cragin crash in June that left Javier Castregon dead and three other people injured.Richard Massenburg | Chicago PoliceRichard...
View Article39-year-old Marvin Hines fatally shot while driving in Englewood
Marvin Hines was shot to death late Saturday while driving in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.About 10:40 p.m., the 39-year-old Hines was driving west in the 300 block of West 57th Street,...
View ArticleNo charges filed after Damien Hernandez shot to death during 'domestic...
A woman taken into custody after Damien Hernandez was killed Sunday morning in what police called a domestic-related shooting in the Clearing neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been released...
View ArticleSuspect wanted for fatal 2016 shooting of Jeremy Ray in South Chicago...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireShaqir Mustapha | FBI A man wanted for the fatal shooting of Jeremy H. Ray more than a year ago in the South Chicago neighborhood has been captured in...
View ArticleSteven Gaines of Green Bay dies one day after being shot during argument in...
Steven Gaines of Green Bay, Wisconsin, died Sunday night after he was shot the previous day in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.Gaines, 51, was involved in an argument with someone...
View ArticleWoman charged with fatal shooting of Latavus McCullough, who died a year...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireSamantha Santiago | Chicago PoliceLavatus McCullough died Monday afternoon, one year after he was wounded in a domestic shooting in the Northwest Side Logan Square...
View ArticleAlfred Mitchell Jr. dies trying to protect kids during shooting that wounds 6...
By RACHEL HINTON and LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-TimesRest in Peace Memorial for Alfred Mitchell, Jr. at 37th Place and Michigan. Mitchell was killed Tuesday night. | Leslie Adkins/For the Sun-Times The...
View ArticleThaddeus 'Tad' Dean killed in drive-by shooting just a few blocks away from...
Thaddeus "Tad" Dean was killed in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting Wednesday afternoon on the West Side.The 26-year-old Dean was standing outside about 3 p.m. on the sidewalk in the 100 block...
View ArticleBeloved baker Aristeo 'Pascuale' Soriano shot while walking home from his job...
By ASHLEE REZIN and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAristeo 'Pascuale' Soriano | GoFundMeAristeo "Pascuale" Soriano had walked home from his job as a baker at a popular West Town bakery almost every...
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