Englewood man slain in drive-by shooting
A 19-year-old man was shot to death early Thursday during a drive-by shooting in the South Side Englewood neighborhood. He was walking through a gangway in the 6400 block of South Normal Avenue about...
View ArticleGirlfriend remembers slain man; love of her life who "helped everybody"
Dominique Coleman was on the phone with the man who drove her to work in the morning, rubbed her aching feet at night, and told her “every single day” that he loved her.“I’m outside walking in,” Miguel...
View ArticleMan dies three days after being shot on West Side
A west suburban man died Wednesday, three days after he was wounded in a West Side shooting, authorities said. Derrick Burrows, 30, of Hillside was shot in the chest and arm, and suffered a graze wound...
View ArticleReport: Slain man was preparing for first Father's Day
DNAinfo reports that Robert Allen, 20, was preparing to spend his first Father's Day as a father with his 8-month-old daughter. Read more here.
View ArticleMan shot to death for not renouncing gang affiliation
Abel RuizLatin Kings street gang member Abel Ruiz shot and killed a rival gang member this week after demanding the man renounce his own gang and “throw down the fork,” prosecutors said.The man he...
View ArticleAustin man killed; 11 others wounded in Friday shootings
One man is dead and at least eleven other people have been wounded in shootings on the South and West sides since Friday afternoon.McGregory Porter, 24, was shot in the eye and another man was shot in...
View ArticleFriend: Navy vet, father of four, wanted no part of gangs
US Navy veteran Jerimiah Milsap lived for his four children, and wanted nothing to do with “that world” of gang violence, a friend said Monday.Milsap, 25, was murdered early Saturday morning on the...
View ArticleTeen boy shot dead on West Side
A 15-year-old boy was shot to death Monday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.Ed Cooper was found with a gunshot wound to his chest about 5:08 p.m. in the 600 block of North Lawndale...
View ArticleA fresh start for family ends with mom's death in West Side domestic shooting
By Cat ZakrzewskiHomicide Watch ChicagoGeorgina Randell, 30, moved back to her family’s home in Lawndale this past May, with her two young children in tow. She had plans to return to school to study...
View ArticleSlain teen was able to stay away from West Side gangs, until Monday
John Carpenter and Cat ZakrzewskiHomicide Watch ChicagoIf Ed Cooper loved playing video games in his bedroom even more than the typical 15-year-old boy, his mother let it slide. Those games, and his...
View ArticleMan fatally shot on South Side street
A 39-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday morning on the street in the South Side Auburn-Gresham neighborhood, police said.The shooting happened in the 8700 block of South Throop Street about 9:20...
View ArticleProsecutors: Child begged man to stop shooting his mother
A West Side man gunned down his girlfriend in front of her 7-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son, who hit the shooter with a toy and begged him to stop firing because he was “hurting” his mother, Cook...
View ArticleNot guilty plea in slaying of Jonylah Watkins
A South Side felon pleaded not guilty Wednesday to killing a baby and wounding her father during a March shooting in the Woodlawn neighborhood.Koman Willis appeared before Judge Nicholas Ford Wednesday...
View ArticleMan fatally shot near South Side home
A man was fatally shot on an Auburn-Gresham street Wednesday morning on the South Side. The man was shot in the head in the 8700 block of South Throop Street about 9:20 a.m., police News Affairs...
View ArticleMan killed in Chicago Lawn shooting
A man was shot to death on the South Side Thursday afternoon in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.Jeremiah Brown, 27, was fatally shot in the chest at 3:21 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Kedzie Avenue,...
View ArticleMan killed in South Shore shooting
A man was found shot to death in his car Friday night in the South Shore neighborhood.The man, 24, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the body about 10:30 p.m. in the 6800 block of South Paxton,...
View ArticleTeen dies following South Deering shooting
A teen died after he was shot Sunday in the South Deering neighborhood.The shooting occurred at 2:50 p.m., directly south of a condominium complex playground in 10500 block of South Oglesby Avenue,...
View ArticleMan shot to death in Rogers Park
A man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.The man was discovered shot in the head about 3:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of West Jonquil Terrace, police News...
View Article1 dead, 1 injured after Lawndale shooting
A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured late Sunday after gunmen opened fire on the two while they sat in a parked car in the Lawndale neighborhood.Authorities said 35-year-old Ernest J....
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