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Mom: Teen suspect in 14-year-old Endia Martin's shooting death 'feels bad too'
Endia Martin / Photo from FamilyBY JON SEIDEL AND RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesThe mother of the 14-year-old girl accused of shooting her onetime friend in the back after a feud on Facebook said...
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Larry Martin fatally stabbed at Chicago Lawn home
Larry Martin was stabbed to death Wednesday night at his Chicago Lawn area home.Martin, 28, was stabbed in the chest at his home in the 6800 block of South Talman Avenue about 6:40 p.m., authorities...
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Police: Murders, shootings increase in April 2014
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorChicago had nine more murders and 101 more shooting victims in April 2014 than it did in April 2013 -- raising the city's murder total to 95 through the...
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Boy, 8, tries to save father fatally stabbed in Chicago Lawn home
Larry Martin / Family PhotoBY SUSAN DU Homicide Watch ChicagoWhen 8-year-old Lavelle Martin found his father stabbed in their Chicago Lawn home he tried to save his life by applying pressure with a...
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Jeromy Ellis fatally shot on Chatham street
Jeromy Ellis was shot dead in the Chatham neighborhood early Thursday.Police responded about 2:05 a.m. to a call of shots fired near East 81st Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue and found Ellis...
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Prosecutors: Miata Phelan fatally stabbed Larry Martin for not buying her gifts
Miata Phelan / Photo from Cook County Sheriff's policeBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesMiata Phelan’s rage was sparked when she found out her boyfriend bought gifts for his cousin and brother after...
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John Myles dies weeks after Edgewater shooting
A 45-year-old man shot outside his Edgewater apartment last month has died.John J. Myles, of the 1700 block of West Rosehill Drive, was in a vehicle outside his apartment when he shot multiple times...
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Rickey Hayes, 55, fatally stabbed during Chatham fight
A 55-year-old man was stabbed to death during a Saturday night fight in the Chatham neighborhood.Rickey Hayes got into the fight in the 7900 block of South Ingleside Avenue and the man he was fighting...
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Autopsy: Antonio Mendez intentionally run over by SUV in McKinley Park community
An SUV intentionally ran over Antonio Mendez Saturday morning in the McKinley Park neighborhood.Mendez, 24, of the 2200 block of West 35th Place, died at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County...
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Terrance McNeal fatally shot during Austin fight
Terrance McNeal was fatally shot during an early Sunday argument in the Austin neighborhood.McNeal, 23, got into a fight with a man on a sidewalk in the 400 block of North Leclaire Avenue at 3:15 a.m.,...
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Jabari Davis found shot to death in Chatham home
Jabari Davis / Photo from FacebookA veteran Chicago Cubs parking attendant was shot to death inside his Chatham neighborhood home on Sunday morning.Jabari Davis, 29, was found with a gunshot wound to...
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William Bailey, 41, fatally shot in Washington Heights garage
William Bailey was fatally shot in a Washington Heights neighborhood garage Sunday morning.William Bailey, 41, was shot in the back in a garage in the 9200 block of South Emerald Avenue about 11:35...
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Fiance: Jeromy Ellis 'worked hard to support me and my daughter'
Jeromy Ellis/ Family PhotoBY EMILY BROSIOUS Homicide Watch ChicagoJeromy Ellis worked into the early morning to support his family, his fiance said.The 34-year-old was on his way home from his job as a...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine murdered throughout Chicago
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorNine people were murdered last week in Chicago, and a 10th person died from injuries suffered in a mid-April shooting.The killings included seven shooting...
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Comment of the Day: "If anybody knows anything please come forward"
Jeromy Ellis was fatally shot early Thursday in the Chatham neighborhood. Reader Katrina Holcomb posted this about him:Jeromy was a good hard working man ive been with for 13yrs he wasnt perfect but I...
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Hundreds mourn 14-year-old Endia Martin; Derrick Rose pays respects before...
Derrick Rose at Endia Martin service / Photo by Jessica KoscielniakBY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-TimesAbout 1,000 mourners packed a South Side church on Monday to say goodbye to 14-year-old Endia...
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Jerald Calhoun fatally shot in Englewood
Jerald Calhoun was killed and another man was injured in a Monday night shooting in the Englewood neighborhood.Calhoun and the 35-year-old man were in a vehicle traveling south on Morgan Street when a...
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Comment of the Day: "These babies are introduced to death [too] early in the...
Larry Martin was fatally stabbed last week in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. After the attack, his 8-year-old son unsuccessfully tried to save his life. Reader Tavia Fireinmysoul Rose posted this about...
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Chasteddy Blocker killed in West Side shooting
Chasteddy Blocker was killed in a West Side shooting that also left a man critically injured.The two were shot about 4:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of South Central Park Avenue, police said.Blocker, 20,...
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Jajuan Porter shot dead on Chatham street
Jajuan Porter was killed Tuesday night in a Chatham neighborhood shooting that left another man wounded.The men were standing on a sidewalk in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue when two men...
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