22-year-old Lloyd Westbrook found fatally shot in Austin gangway
Lloyd Westbrook was found shot to death Monday morning in a gangway in the West Side Austin neighborhood.The 22-year-old was found with an apparent gunshot wound in a gangway in the 100 block of North...
View Article31-year-old Anthony Henry shot to death on Englewood street
Anthony D. Henry was fatally shot Tuesday night while standing outside in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.Henry, 31, was standing with a group of people about 10 p.m. in the 7000 block of...
View ArticleGang member working 'security' for towing company charged with 2015 murder of...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesCarlos Cregan | Cook County Sheriff's Dept. Cook County prosecutors have charged one of two alleged shooters in the 2015 murder of Leonardo Morales in Garfield Ridge, and...
View ArticleAntonio Moore fatally shot near his home in Austin, leading to police search...
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times WireAntonio Moore was fatally shot Wednesday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood, and police searched for a suspect in a nearby park where several...
View Article28-year-old Tommie Jones killed, woman seriously injured in South Shore shooting
A man killed in a South Shore neighborhood shooting Sunday morning that also left a woman injured has been identified as 28-year-old Tommie L. Jones.The pair were standing on a sidewalk at 10:27 a.m....
View ArticlePatrick Stegmueller Jr. of Mount Greenwood killed in drive-by shooting in...
Patrick James Stegmueller Jr. was shot to death in a drive-by Tuesday afternoon in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the South Side.The 35-year-old Stegmueller was walking about 12:15 p.m. in the 3300...
View ArticleMan gets 75 years for 2013 shooting of Clemente High School senior Frances Colon
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireLarry Luellen Jr. | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Roberto Clemente High School student...
View ArticleMan gets six years in prison for fatally striking Latasha Amos with SUV in...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireJulio A. Lopez | Illinois Dept. of Corrections A man who drove away after fatally striking Latasha Amos with an SUV in the West Side Austin neighborhood in 2013 has...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: 17 more people killed, including baby who died four days...
At least 17 people were killed in violence the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1., with seven people killed on Friday alone, and a triple homicide that included a pregnant woman and her unborn daughter.Sun-Times...
View ArticleAdonis Johnson killed in drive-by shooting in East Garfield Park
Adonis L. Johnson man was killed Friday afternoon in a drive-by shooting a block away from his home in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.Johnson, 25, was walking about 1:15 p.m. in...
View Article22-year-old Ian Ashford fatally shot while inside vehicle in Albany Park
Ian "Blue" Ashford of Lincoln Park was shot to death Friday afternoon in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.The 22-year-old Ashford was in a vehicle about 2:10 p.m. in the 4600 block of...
View ArticleMan found shot to death in Austin identified as 43-year-old Brian Cheek
A man killed in a shooting last week in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as 43-year-old Brian Keith Cheek of the Northwest Side.Officers responded at 6:13 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4,...
View ArticleNo charges against woman for fatally shooting Pleasure Singleton Jr. in what...
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times WirePolice say the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Pleasure Cardell Singleton Jr. was a case of self-defense, and the woman who shot him will not be charged.The...
View Article17-year-old Semaj Berry shot to death in East Chatham
Semaj L. Berry was fatally shot Friday evening in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.About 4:45 p.m., the 17-year-old Berry was found unresponsive by police after suffering a gunshot wound...
View ArticleSomeone on street fatally shoots Alexis Salgado and Manuel Mendoza while they...
Alexis Salgado and Manuel Mendoza were shot to death Saturday morning while driving in the Pilsen neighborhood on the Near West Side, and police say it happened after one of them flashed a gun at...
View Article30-year-old Oscar Carter killed in drive-by shooting in Austin
Oscar Carter was fatally shot Sunday evening in the West Side Austin neighborhood.The 30-year-old Carter was standing outside a vehicle at 7:26 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Mason, according to...
View ArticleMarshall Carter shot to death near his home in South Shore
Marshall Carter died about an hour after he was shot Monday afternoon near his home in the South Shore neighborhood.About 2:10 p.m., the 46-year-old Carter was standing outside in the back of a home in...
View ArticleReynaldo Trevino found dead in Gage Park and autopsy shows he died of gunshot...
The death of Reynaldo Trevino, who was found unresponsive Friday afternoon in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, has been ruled a homicide.The 47-year-old Trevino was found with a large...
View ArticleMan shot to death early Monday in East Chatham identified as 24-year-old...
A man who was shot to death early Monday in the East Chatham neighborhood on the South Side has been identified as a 24-year-old Joshua Williams.Williams was walking with a group of men at 12:37 a.m....
View ArticleAdam Wiggins Furtick of Bridgeview fatally shot in Scottsdale while returning...
Adam Wiggins Furtick of southwest suburban Bridgeview was returning home from a concert in Joliet on Columbus Day, but never made it. The 34-year-old was shot while driving in the Southwest Side...
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