18-year-old man charged with gunning down rapper Joshua Rayborn in drug deal...
An 18-year-old man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Joshua Rayborn, a father of two and rising hip-hop star, killed outside his home in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side.Emilio...
View Article19-year-old Rodney Wilson fatally shot during argument in Bronzeville
Rodney Wilson was was fatally shot in the chest during an argument in the Bronzeville neighborhood hood Tuesday night.The 19-year-old Roseland neighborhood resident was sitting in a vehicle in the 4700...
View ArticleBicyclist with rifle fatally shoots Lydell Wilson as he sits in vehicle near...
A person riding a bicycle and carrying a rifle fatally shot Lydell Wilson Thursday morning about a block from his home in the West Side North Lawndale neighborhood.The 32-year-old Wilson, known as...
View ArticleAntonio 'Tone' Barrett shot to death in South Shore
Antonio "Tone" Barrett was shot to death in the South Shore neighborhood Thursday evening, only a few blocks from where he lived on the South Side.The 30-year-old Barrett was walking at 68th and Stony...
View ArticleStephen McCray, who performed rap as Busta Reckless, fatally shot near his...
Stephen J. McCray, who performed rap under the name stage name Busta Reckless, was shot to death near his home in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday evening.The 25-year-old McCray was standing...
View ArticleEduardo Pena killed his pickup intentionally rammed by another truck and...
Police and autopsy results have ruled the death of Eduardo A. Pena early Sunday in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side a homicide. The murder weapon? A black pickup.Chicago Police opened a...
View Article24-year-old Lonnell Holmes found shot to death in Austin
Lonnell Holmes was found dead Sunday evening with gunshot wounds in the West Side Austin neighborhood.The 24-year-old Holmes was found about 8:34 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Lavergne, police said....
View ArticleThough almost blind, Jervon Morris was 'community's little brother,'...
By BLAIR PADDOCK Homicide Watch ChicagoJervon Morris | Rashawnda RiceJervon Morris was an "average teenager," spending his time playing basketball, drawing, and doing volunteer work, according to his...
View ArticleMan fatally shot during argument in Englewood identified as 21-year-old...
O'Hage Marshawn Stewart died after he was shot during an argument Thursday morning in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.The 21-year-old Stewart was standing with a woman in the 200 block of West...
View ArticlePolice say 23-year-old Robert Ward fatally shot while trying to commit armed...
Robert Ward was killed Tuesday night in an Englewood shootout that left another man wounded that police say startd when Ward and another man try to rob two other men.About 8 p.m., Ward and another...
View ArticleShakeyah Jackson dies 10 months after being wounded in mass shooting that...
19-year-old Shakeyah Jackson died Monday, more than 10 months after she was shot multiple times during a Roseland neighborhood home invasion and shooting that killed four other people last year.Lionel...
View ArticleProsecutors: Eddie Crowder fatally stabbed Elizabeth Kennedy in front of her...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesA south suburban man fatally stabbed Elizabeth Kennedy, his ex-girlfriend in front of her 13-year-old daughter, wounded a second man and slashed the teen’s 75-year-old...
View ArticleProsecutors: Lonnell Holmes taunted his killer about son’s death before fatal...
By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-TimesA 24-year-old man found dead in Austin on Sunday had taunted his killer about the murder of the gunman’s teenage son, Cook County prosecutors said in court...
View ArticleSimone McKay was a victim of Chicago violence, but her mother defends...
By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-TimesA line of mourners reached from Simone McKay’s casket to the back of St. Margaret of Scotland Church at her funeral.The Rev. Paul Whittington, from St. Margaret...
View Article40-year-old Darnell Mitchell shot to death near his home in Jeffery Manor
Darnell Mitchell was fatally shot early Thursday near his home in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood on the South Side.About 2:10 a.m., the 40-year-old was standing in an alley behind his home in the 9600...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: 10 killed in violence, including woman fatally stabbed by ex...
At least 10 people were killed in Chicago during the week of Oct. 16-22, including eight by gunfire, one by stabbing, and another by vehicular homicide.Elizabeth Kennedy | FacebookA man has been...
View ArticleJose Saraseume shot to death on the block where he lived in Belmont Cragin
Jose Saraseume was shot to death Thursday morning on the block where he lived in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.About 10:25 a.m., the 46-year-old Saraseume was standing outside...
View ArticleAlfredo Hernandez dies two years after being wounded in shooting at South...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireAlfredo Hernandez survived for nearly two years. But the 53-year-old died Tuesday of injuries suffered when he was wounded in 2015 in a shooting at a South Deering...
View ArticleMan charged with reckless homicide for running from 2014 crash that killed...
A 23-year-old man is charged with reckless homicide in connection with a head-on crash in 2014 that killed 63-year-old Bessie English in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side.Bessie English |...
View Article17-year-old Johnson 'John John' Liggins Jr. fatally shot just blocks away...
Johnson "John John" Liggins Jr. was shot to death last week in the South Shore neighborhood on Far South Side.About 2:35 p.m. Monday, October 23, the 17-year-old was standing outside at the...
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