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Bobby Lee Battle dies 16 months after Chatham shooting
Bobby Lee Battle has died from injuries suffered in a Chatham neighborhood shooting in May 2013, an autopsy determined.Battle, 45, was walking in the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue when somebody...
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Jose Rios killed in Back of the Yards shooting
Jose Rios was fatally shot near his Back of the Yards area home Saturday morning.Rios, 23, was walking with another person in the 4500 block of South Hermitage Avenue when a dark van pulled up,...
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Leroyce Noel stabbed to death in Woodlawn
Leroyce Noel was stabbed to death in what police are calling a domestic attack in the Woodlawn neighborhood Saturday afternoon.Noel, 20, was stabbed in the 6500 block of South Minerva Avenue about 3...
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Authorities: Nehemiah Spencer fatally stabbed Leroyce Noel during Woodlawn...
Nehemiah Spencer / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorNehemiah Spencer has been charged with murder after police claim he fatally stabbed a man who came to his...
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Miguel Hernandez fatally shot in South Chicago
Scene where Miguel Hernandez was shot / Photo from NVP videoMiguel Hernandez was killed in a South Chicago area shooting that left two other people wounded Sunday night.Hernandez, 24, was part of a...
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Demureya Macon, 13, shot to death in Chicago Lawn
A 13-year-old boy was shot to death Sunday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood after being asked about his gang affiliation.Demureya Macon was with a friend in the 6600 block of South Talman Avenue...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine dead in Chicago slayings
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoAt least nine people were killed by violence last week in Chicago.Nobody was killed in the city Tuesday through Thursday, the longest murder free stretch since...
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Cousin: Slain teen Kamaal Burton 'would do anything for his granny'
Kamaal Burton / Photo Photo from FacebookBY KALEY FOWLER Homicide Watch ChicagoKamaal Burton was a "walking radio" who announced his presence by blasting hip-hop music, his cousin said. “We always...
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UPDATE: Nehemiah Spencer held on $2M bond in fatal Woodlawn stabbing of...
Nehemiah Spencer / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA Woodlawn man was ordered held on $2 million bond Monday after police claim he fatally stabbed a man who came...
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Prosecutors: Julian Garcia fatally shot Salvador Ponce in Little Village...
Julian Garcia / Photo from Illinois Department of CorrectionsBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA man already in prison on a gun charge was ordered held on $2 million bond Monday after...
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Comment of the Day: "It hurts every time I look at this and see my Lil...
Geanni Boyd, 16, was fatally shot Sept. 4, 2013, in the Washington Park neighborhood. Reader "LadysLove Teece〽️ula" posted this about him:It hurts everytime I look at this and see my Lil Brother had to...
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Ania Kosinska, 7-year-old Victoria Kotlinski fatally stabbed in Dunning home
A woman and a young girl were found murdered inside their Dunning home Sunday morning shortly after a man told Waukegan police he just “harmed his family.”Police discovered the bodies 34-year-old Ania...
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UPDATE: Maciej Kotlinski charged with murder in stabbing deaths of woman,...
Scene where Ania Kosinska and Victoria Kotlinski were stabbed to death / Photo by Al PodgorskiBY BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-TimesA 35-year-old man has been charged in the Sunday murders of his live in...
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UPDATE: Maciej Kotlinski held without bond in stabbing deaths of girlfriend,...
BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesA Northwest Side man accused of viciously stabbing his live-in girlfriend and 7-year-old daughter to death nearly decapitated his child and plunged a knife so deep...
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Comment of the Day: "I have a son, [and] I fear for everytime he leaves out...
Demureya Macon, 13, was fatally shot after being asked his gang affiliation Sunday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Reader "Ms. I Stay 1Hunna" posted this about the killing:Another young man's...
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Stanley Macon Jr. killed in North Lawndale shooting
Stanley L. Macon Jr. was fatally shot in the North Lawndale community late Monday.Officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 900 block of South Lawndale Avenue just before 11 p.m. Monday and...
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Shandel Adams fatally shot in Humboldt Park area
Shandel Adams was shot to death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood early Tuesday.Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 600 block of North Ridgeway Avenue and found 25-year-old Shandel...
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Camerion Blair, 16, shot to death in South Shore community
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the South Shore neighborhood Tuesday evening.Camerion Blair was on a sidewalk in the 2600 block of East 73rd Street when he was shot in the back and buttocks about...
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Police: Murders down 7% through first 9 months of 2014
BY MICHAEL LANSU AND KALEY FOWLER Homicide Watch ChicagoChicago Police reported a 7 percent decrease in murders compared to the first nine months of last year -- and 25 percent decrease from...
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Prosecutors: Khalie Early killed Miguel Hernandez in revenge shooting
Khalie Early / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY KENNY NGUYEN Homicide Watch ChicagoPurported gang member Khalie Early went out Sunday night looking for revenge after a fellow gang member was wounded in a...
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