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PHOTO GALLERY: Adam Lara, 16, fatally shot in Hermosa
PHOTOS BY ALEX WROBLEWSKI For Sun-Times MediaAdam Lara, 16, was killed and his 49-year-old father critically injured when gunfire erupted following an argument at a Hermosa neighborhood restaurant...
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Mentor: 'It’s like he was born on a different path but got swallowed up in...
BY KALEY FOWLER AND EMILY BROSIOUS Homicide Watch ChicagoCassius White moved to Chicago from New Orleans in 2006 after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, friends said.White and a 16-year-old boy...
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The 'take a stand against violence' slur
BY DANIEL KAY HERTZdanielkayhertz.comMayor Rahm Emanuel reacted to Chicago's particularly violent Fourth of July weekend as he, and many other public figures, have many times before. It's one of my...
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Comment of the Day: "I'm trying to show the world [you aren't] another...
Andrew Turner was fatally shot July 26, 2013, in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Reader "Ebony" posted this about him:Love u more than anything I'm trying to show the world u wasn't another statistic...
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Aunt: 'He didn’t deserve to get shot down in the street like a dog'
BY ANGELIQUE WHITE Homicide Watch ChicagoSchiquille Salter tutored local children and helped teach a youth ministries program, family said.Salter, 23, was fatally shot as he stood outside his home in...
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David Silva charged with murder in Humboldt Park shooting death of Jimero...
David Silva / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times Media WireDavid Silva has been charged with the murder in the shooting death of Jimero Starling this month in the Humboldt Park...
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Police issue warrant for Keith Martin in Chicago Lawn murder of Adarrius...
Keith Martin / Photo from Chicago PolicePolice are looking for “armed and dangerous” man wanted in connection with a domestic shooting last Saturday that left Adarrius Thompson dead and his mother...
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Marco Alvarado charged with murder in Lincoln Park beating death of Jacob...
Marco Alvarado / Photo from Chicago PoliceMarco Alvarado has been charged with murder in the April beating death of Jacob Klepacz in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, police said.Police responding to a...
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Shamiya Adams, 10, shot dead in West Garfield Park
BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-TimesA 10-year-old girl died hours after being shot in her head Friday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side, officials said.Shamiya Adams was...
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Kajaunce Morton, 16, fatally shot inside Grand Boulevard restaurant
Scene where Kajaunce Morton was shot / Photo by Alex WroblewskiA 16-year-old boy was fatally shot inside a Grand Boulevard restaurant early Friday.Kajaunce Morton was inside Alice’s Bar-B-Que at 65 E....
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Jaquan Hardy killed in Austin shooting
Jaquan Hardy was killed and four other people were wounded in two connected shootings Saturday night in the Austin neighborhood.The first shooting happened when cab driver was picking up two passengers...
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Richard Velasquez shot dead in Brighton Park tavern
Scene where Richard Velasquez was shot / Photo by Reema AminRichard Velasquez was killed in a Brighton Park neighborhood shooting that left another man wounded early Sunday.Velasquez, 24, was inside a...
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VIDEO: Four killed, 39 wounded in weekend shootings
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Cousin: ‘I’ll miss how she used to dance and sing’
Shamiya Adams' mother Shaneetha Goodloe (right) weeps at a vigilBY MITCH DUDEK AND BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-TimesOn Sunday afternoon, mourners called on God, the mayor, absentee parents and police...
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Comment of the Day: "I don't know how I ever would have been able to make it...
Prosecutors said Martel Halbert fatally shot Terrance McNeal as he rode his motorcycle May 4 in the Austin neighborhood. Reader "Ke Ke MissingmyhubbyBobbyord M" posted this about the charges:So...
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Michael Wade charged with murder in Englewood shooting death of Malcolm Stuckey
Michael Wade / Photo from Chicago PoliceMichael Wade was denied bond Tuesday for allegedly fatally shooting Malcolm Stuckey and wounding two other men during an Englewood birthday party in May.Wade,...
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Comment of the Day: "I hope you get the pass to heaven for laying down your...
Adarrius Thompson was fatally stabbed during a domestic dispute that also left his 50-year-old mother seriously injured. Reader "warrmack" posted this about the attack:No more nobel [sic] way to go out...
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Demond Parnell killed in Edgewater shooting
Demond Parnell was killed in a Monday night shooting outside his Edgewater neighborhood home.Parnell, 34, was walking in the 5200 block of North Kenmore Avenue when someone walked up, started a...
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Sam Aguilar shot dead in Chicago Lawn community
Sam Aguilar was fatally shot Tuesday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.Aguilar, 33, was on a sidewalk in the 6300 block of South Francisco Avenue when an SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire...
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Mayor Emanuel visits slain girl’s mom for a second time Tuesday night
Scene where Shamiya Adams was killed / Photo by Alex WroblewskiBY BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Chicago Sun-TimesMayor Rahm Emanuel visited with Shaneetha Goodloe, the mother of murdered 11-year-old Shamiya...
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