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Police: Fewer shooting victims, murders reported in June
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorChicago Police reported a decrease in murders and shooting victims in June 2014 compared to the same month last year.Police recorded 35 murders last month...
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Prosecutors: William Paschal part of armed robbery, retaliation murder of...
William Paschal / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY ANGELIQUE WHITE Homicide Watch ChicagoWilliam Paschal was ordered held on a $1 million bond Tuesday for his alleged role in an armed robbery that ended in...
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"He was motionless with his big eyes staring up into the rain"
Scene where Michael Patton was fatally shot / Photo by Vincent D. JohnsonBY VINCENT D. JOHNSON For the Chicago Sun-TimesAt my son's fifth birthday party on Sunday, a friend asked me if my block was...
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2014 Chicago homicides and violence by the numbers: analysis
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorChicago Police reported a 5 percent decrease in murders through the first six months of 2014 compared to the same period last year.The 171 slayings were a...
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Dakari Pargo shot dead in West Englewood
Dakari Pargo was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood early Wednesday.Pargo, 19, had been shot in the head and back in the 7100 block of South Winchester Avenue about 1:45 a.m., authorities...
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Jimero Starling fatally shot in Humboldt Park area
Jimero Starling was shot and killed Wednesday morning in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.Starling, 19, was shot in the head in the 3300 block of West Division Street about 6:30 a.m., authorities said....
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Lafayette Walton, 16, dies after Humboldt Park shooting
A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head Tuesday evening in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.Lafayette Walton, was shot in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue at 5:18 p.m. Tuesday,...
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Prosecutors: Erick Sanders killed roommate Carnesha Fort in fight over rent...
Erick Sanders / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesAfter allegedly gunning down his on-and-off roommate in her bedroom last month, Cook County prosecutors said a sweaty and...
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Sean Shelton held without bond in West Pullman shooting death of Stephon Wright
Sean Shelton / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY RUMMANA HUSSAINA purported gang member was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly murdering Stephon Wright in a drive-by shooting in the West...
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Randy Ruiz, Jeremy Medina charged with murder in Humboldt Park shooting death...
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesEven after Jimero Starling told a group Latin Kings that he also was in their gang, they still killed him, Cook County prosecutors said.Starling and his pals were...
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Corey Hudson killed in West Englewood shooting
Corey Hudson was killed in a West Englewood shooting that left another man critically wounded early Friday.Hudson and a 35-year-old man were standing outside in the 2000 block of West 63rd Street when...
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Shambreyh Barfield fatally shot in East Garfield Park
Shambreyh Barfield was killed in a Thursday afternoon shooting that left another woman in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.The women, both 21, were in the 3800 block of West Monroe Street when they...
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Under the gun: Homicides down, shootings up in 2014
BY MICHAEL LANSUChicago Police reported a 5 percent decrease in murders through the first six months of 2014 compared with the same period last year.The 171 slaying were a 32 percent decrease from the...
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Joel Bentley fatally shot in Walgreens parking lot in Clearing
Joel Bentley was fatally shot in a Walgreens parking lot early Saturday in the Clearing neighborhood.Bentley, 30, was in the parking lot on the southwest corner of West 63rd Street and South Austin...
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Deandre Brown fatally shot in South Chicago
Deandre Brown was fatally shot Saturday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood.Brown, 23, was in the 8700 block of South Houston Avenue when he was shot in the abdomen and leg about 10:20 a.m.,...
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Shaquille Ross shot to death in West Englewood
Shaquille Ross was shot to death Saturday in the West Englewood neighborhood.Police found Ross, 18, unresponsive in the street in the 6500 block of South Seeley Avenue about 4:30 p.m. Saturday,...
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Anthony Hobson fatally shot in Roseland
Scene where Anthony Hobson was shot / Photo by Alex WroblewskiAnthony Hobson was killed Saturday night in a Roseland neighborhood drive-by shooting.Hobson, 25, was riding a bicycle in the 10400 block...
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Kezon Lamb killed in Uptown shooting
Kezon Lamb was killed in an early Sunday shooting in the Uptown neighborhood.Lamb, 19, was sitting in a vehicle with a female in the 4400 block of North Malden Street when a gunman walked up and opened...
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Robert Cotton, 35, second man to die from West Englewood shooting
A second man had died from an early Friday shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood.Robbert Cotton, 35, and Corey Hudson, 34, were standing outside in the 2000 block of West 63rd Street when a black...
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Donald Ray fatally shot in Austin community
Donald Ray was killed in a Sunday evening shooting that left another man wounded in the Austin community.Ray, 21, and another man were sitting in a car in the 5200 block of West Lake Street when...
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