Park Ridge man charged with reckless homicide in fatal bike crash
Ryne SanhamelA north suburban man was charged with reckless homicide and DUI on Friday for allegedly fatally striking a bicyclist Wednesday night in the River North area.Ryne Sanhamel, 28, of the 1200...
View ArticleMan shot to death at Avalon Park party
A man was shot to death at a party Friday night in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood.The 18-year-old man was at a party in the 8400 block of South Constance Avenue about 10:45 p.m. when a gunman...
View ArticleTwo charged in shooting death at Avalon Park party
Two teenage boys were charged and a man is being held in connection with the shooting death of a man at a party in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood.Three uninvited guests were asked to leave a...
View ArticleThree charged with murder in shooting death at Avalon Park party
Charles SouthernA man and two teenage boys have been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man at a party Friday night in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood.Three uninvited guests were...
View ArticlePolice: Man found murdered in Park Manor apartment
Police are investigating the death of a man found dead with head trauma, and possibly beaten to death, in his Park Manor apartment Monday afternoon on the South Side.The man -- identified by the Cook...
View ArticleNorthwest suburban man fatally shot on South Side
A northwest suburban man died Tuesday after he was shot multiple times by a man he had gotten into a heated argument with in an industrial area on the South Side, police said.About 1:35 p.m., the man...
View ArticleMan, teen killed; 7 others wounded in shootings
A man and a teenager were killed, and at least 7 other people were hurt in shootings across the city Wednesday afternoon. A 9-year-old boy was among the wounded.The boy was shot in the chest about 5:30...
View ArticleGage Park teen killed in gang-related shooting
A gang-related shooting left one teenage boy dead, and another seriously hurt in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood.Fifteen-year-old Miguel Villegas was killed when a shooter came out of an...
View Article20-year-old shot in back, killed
Jessie D. Clark, 20, was fatally shot in the 400 block of West 115th Street about 2:20 p.m., authorities said.Clark was standing on a porch on the Far South Side when a shooter approached from an alley...
View ArticleMan ordered held without bond in April shooting death of West Side teen
By John Carpenter and Rummana HussainA Logan Square man was ordered held without bond Thursday for the April 13 shooting death of 19-year-old Jonathan Santiago, killed in the 3300 block of W. Beach...
View ArticlePolice: Man shot and killed on Southwest Side
A man was shot and killed in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Thursday night, authorities said.The 29-year-old was shot in the head in the 6300 block of South Francisco Avenue about 10:30 p.m. He was dead...
View Article2 killed, at least 17 wounded in weekend shootings
Two people were killed and at least 17 others were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon, including two people shot when gunfire erupted near a passing ambulance -- forcing...
View ArticleMother, family members, remember slain man
Augustine Clark and other family members talk about her son, Jessie Clark. The 20-year-old Morgan Park man was shot and killed Wednesday, June 5.
View ArticlePolice: Woman fatally stabbed in Avalon Park
A woman was fatally stabbed Monday morning in the South Side Avalon Park neighborhood during a domestic dispute. The stabbing occurred at 10:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of East 81st Street, police News...
View ArticleEnglewood teen dead, 11 wounded in shootings across city Monday
One woman was killed and at least 11 others were wounded by gunfire in separate shootings across the city Monday afternoon and evening.April McDaniel, 18, died in the same Englewood block where she...
View ArticleFather remembers slain son: "Our hearts are broken."
Juan Rivera provided this remembrance of his son, who was murdered earlier this year.Ricardo Rivera was born October 12, 1981, and died Feb. 24, 2013. He was a graduate of Chase Elementary School, and...
View Article25-year-old shot, killed, in argument on West Side
Miguel Tharpe, 25, was shot to death about 10 p.m., during an argument in the 900 block of North Long Avenue, in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said.Tharpe, of the 2200 block of West Adams...
View ArticleMan killed in apparent gang shooting on South Side
Dwayne Duckworth, 42, was shot to death in the 2000 block of West 70th Place at about 2:20 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Police said he was in a gangway when three men approached him and opened...
View ArticlePolice: Few leads in slaying of documented gang member
Few details have emerged in the slaying of an 18-year-old man who was shot to death in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood Wednesday morning, police said. Fernando Mondragon was in the 4700...
View ArticleReport offers two sides to slain man's story
A report in DNAinfo offers two accounts of Dwayne Duckworth, a 42-year-old Englewood man shot and killed Wednesday. Neighbors called him the "anchor" of his block, a man who went out of his way to help...
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