19-year-old Tradone Sanders fatally shot in Back of Yards
Tradone Sanders died after he was shot Sunday afternoon in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood.Sanders, 19, was in the 5000 block of South Winchester at 2:10 p.m. when someone walked up and...
View Article'He had a heart of gold:' family mourns 26-year-old Jerrell Perkins
Jerrell Perkins was a manager at McDonalds at 115th and Halsted | FacebookBy DAVID STRUETT Homicide Watch ChicagoJerrell J. Perkins, father of two and a restaurant manager, looked out for his family...
View Article42-year-old Curley L. Harvey shot to death in East Garfield Park
Curley L. Harvey was shot to death Friday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.Harvey, 42, was traveling east in a vehicle at 2:29 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Jackson...
View Article38-year-old Amery Shannon fatally shot in Bridgeport neighborhood
Amery Shannon was shot to death Friday night in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood, police said.At 8:34 p.m., officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 400 block of West 38th Place found...
View Article20-year-old Isiah Hope High shot to death in Cragin; family say he had...
Isiah Hope High, father of two girls, was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the Northwest Side Cragin neighborhood.Hope was an energetic young man who brought joy to his family, a relative said."Even...
View Article26-year-old Eric Thomas fatally shot in East Garfield Park
Eric S. Thomas was killed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, according to Chicago Police.Witnesses told investigators that Thomas, 26,...
View Article26-year-old Moncreef Miller shot to death in Austin neighborhood
Moncreef Miller was fatally shot Thursday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.The 26-year-old Miller was standing outside at 2:42 p.m in the 1000 block of North Long when a vehicle...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: Six killed in Chicago as temperature drops
At least six people were killed in Chicago the week of Nov. 27-Dec. 3, including a man gunned down in the Back of Yards neighborhood.Tra'don Sanders, 19, was shot Sunday afternoon in the 5000 block of...
View Article24-year-old Corey Underwood fatally shot in Lawndale
Corey Underwood, 24, was fatally shot Sunday evening in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.About 6:20 p.m., Underwood was standing outside in the 1300 block of South Komensky when at least...
View Article28-year-old Juan Martinez shot to death in Gage Park neighborhood
Juan Martinez was found shot to death Sunday morning in an alley in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.About 5:35 a.m., officers responding to a call of a person down in the alley in the...
View ArticleBrother of fallen James 'Beeg' McChristian: 'My parents are hurt, they want...
James "Beeg" McChristian, father of three | FacebookBy DAVID STRUETTThe tragedy is that 26-year-old James McChristian was leading a good life when he was fatally shot in Auburn Gresham last summer,...
View Article46-year-old Shurron Hawkins found shot to death in Fernwood
Shurron Hawkins, a 46-year-old from West Pullman, was found shot to death Saturday morning in the Far South Side Fernwood neighborhood.A neighbor found Hawkins lying in the snow about 8:30 a.m. in the...
View Article35-year-old Manuel Godinez fatally shot in Back of Yards
Manuel Godinez was shot to death Friday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.Witnesses saw someone shoot Godinez, 35, from a dark-colored minivan that pulled up to him at...
View Article18-year-old Keayon Brooks fatally shot steps from his school in Austin...
Keayon Brooks, an 18-year-old student at Youth Connection Charter School, was fatally shot, and another male injured, in the Austin neighborhood Monday morning.A group of males were walking when a male...
View Article23-year-old George Parker fatally shot in West Garfield Park; 'He was like a...
George Parker was found shot to death Monday afternoon in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side."He was like a big brother to all the little kids that were around during the years he...
View Article47-year-old Lesean King shot to death in Fernwood
Lesean King was killed and another was critically wounded early Sunday in a Fernwood neighborhood shooting.Lesean King | FacebookThe men were shot about 4:05 a.m. in the 10600 block of South Perry,...
View Article26-year-old Jonathan Gavina fatally shot in Chicago Lawn
Jonathan Gavina was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side.Gavina, 26, was shot in the head and side and found in the driver’s seat of a parked sedan...
View Article23-year-old Romell Durr shot to death in Bronzeville
Romell Durr was shot to death Tuesday night in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.Romell Durr | FacebookThe 23-year-old Durr was standing on the sidewalk at 8:17 p.m. in the 4700 block of...
View ArticleMichael Evans strove to upgrade his life: 'When the hurdles came, he jumped,'...
Michael Evans | FacebookBy DAVID STRUETT Homicide Watch ChicagoBefore he moved back to Chicago to play semi-professional football and to marry his girlfriend, 30-year-old Michael R. Evans worked hard...
View Article31-year-old Anthony Johnson shot to death in West Garfield Park
Anthony Johnson was killed Wednesday afternoon in a West Garfield Park neighborhood shooting on the West Side.Johnson, 31, was walking in a parking lot about 2:45 p.m. in the 500 block of North Kostner...
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