Man found dead in trunk feared for family’s safety, grandmother says
Antwone Price had just moved into a new house in the south suburbs, and he was talking about finally marrying the woman he’d been with for several years — the woman with whom he shared a baby girl.But...
View ArticleAunt describes nephew's shooting
Tarina Monegan describes the shooting death of her 16-year-old nephew, Arrell Monegan. He was shot Saturday, March 16, 2013, just after 8 p.m., at the intersection of W. 58th St. and Artesian, in the...
View Article‘Beautiful day to get smoked,’ gunman allegedly said before fatal shooting
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Criminal Courts ReporterAs he was readying to buy marijuana in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday, Angel Cano made small talk about the pleasant weather, according to Cook...
View ArticleFamilies grieve for two slain men found in Camaro in Englewood
Antwone Price liked expensive toys, and he wasn’t shy about showing off the fruits of his success as a hip-hop concert promoter.But mostly, Price — a Daley Center clerk by day — was a family man, his...
View ArticleGentleman’s club manager shot to death after crash in Goose Island area: police
BY MICHAEL LANSU Staff ReporterThe manager of a Far South Side gentleman’s club was shot to death early Sunday in a confrontation with another motorist who sideswiped his Maserati in the Goose Island...
View Article6 dead, 23 wounded in holiday weekend violence
Six people were killed and at least 23 wounded in violence across Chicago since Friday evening.Chicago police said the weekend’s gun violence represents a significant drop compared with Memorial Day...
View ArticlePolice: Man who allegedly shot, killed, baby was angry at dad over stolen...
BY FRANK MAIN, TINA SFONDELES AND JON SEIDELChicago Sun-Times Staff ReportersA South Side felon was charged Monday with killing baby Jonylah Watkins and wounding her father because he was angry the dad...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with killing 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins
Chicago Sun-TimesA South Side felon charged with killing baby Jonylah Watkins and wounding her father was ordered held without bail during a hearing in Cook County criminal court on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleMan killed in Morgan Park shooting
A man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side. Officers responded about 3 p.m. to the 11600 block of South Vincennes Avenue and found a man...
View ArticleDad: Jonylah ‘was crying when they were shooting’; no bond for accused in...
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND MITCH DUDEKSix-month old Jonylah Watkins began crying when she heard the gunfire that would claim her life.“She was crying when they were shooting,” her father, Jonathan Watkins...
View Article3 dead, 5 hurt in South Side shootings
Three people were killed and at least five others were wounded in South Side shootings Wednesday afternoon and evening.Officers found the most recent gunshot victim dead in the 7500 block of South...
View ArticleInfant dead, mom critically wounded in stabbing at motel
An infant boy was fatally stabbed and his mother critically wounded at a North Side motel Thursday morning. The child was found dead and the woman injured at a motel in the 5200 block of North Lincoln...
View ArticleTeen fatally shot on South Side
A teen boy was fatally shot in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood Thursday afternoon.The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of West 85th Street, according to police.The...
View ArticleMother charged with Thursday stabbing death of 5-month-old boy
A mother is accused of stabbing her 5-month-old boy to death in a North Side motel Thursday, in what a source tells the Sun-Times was a possible murder-suicide attempt.Kimberlynn Bolanos, 21, was...
View ArticleTeen who moved to Calif. to escape violence shot to death on South Side
BY MITCH DUDEK, Chicago Sun-Times Staff ReporterPatrick Sykes moved to California to escape the same violent streets in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood where gunfire took his father’s life two years...
View ArticleWoman, 56, shot and killed in South Shore neighborhood
Officers on routine patrol near the South Shore neighborhood heard gunshots coming from the area near East 79th Street and South East End Avenue about 11:45 p.m., police said.When they arrived at the...
View ArticleLake View man charged with killing gentleman’s club manager
A Lake View man was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly fatally shooting a Far South Side gentleman’s club manager outside a sports car after an early Sunday fender bender on the Near North...
View ArticleReport: Slain woman was upbeat despite struggles, may have been caught in...
CBS-2 Chicago Reports that Linda Williams, 56, shot and killed late Wednesday night in the South Shore neighborhood, was an unemployed single mother of five grown children. She was described as a...
View ArticleFriends remember Linda Williams
Friends and neighbors remember Linda Williams. The 56-year-old woman was shot and killed late Wednesday night in the South Shore neighborhood.
View ArticleLawyer: Driver acted in self defense in fatal road rage shooting
Angelo Bennett's attorney said this photo shows the injury Bennett sustained in an altercation with Charles E. Jones. Bennett, charged with Jones' murder, says he acted in self defense.BY RUMMANA...
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