Man held on $500,000 bond in death of Northwest Side woman
A Chicago man with four prior felony convictions and a suspended driver’s license was ordered held on $500,000 bond Monday, charged in the death of a Northwest Side woman killed when the man’s car...
View ArticleMom tried to regain custody of slain girl
By John SeidelChicago Sun-TimesEight months before 8-year-old Gizzell Ford suffered a horrifying demise allegedly at the hands of her paternal grandmother, court records show the girl’s mother tried to...
View ArticleReport: Slain man died shielding his girlfriend
DNAinfo reports that Ernest Carter died while trying to protect his girlfriend from gunfire. Read more here.
View ArticleFriends say it's no surprise West Side man died breaking up a fight
By John Carpenter and Cat ZakrzewskiHomicide Watch Chicago Everyone said he was the kind of guy who would do anything for his friends. So when Tommie Bates heard that a friend was getting beat up a few...
View ArticleVideo: Anthony Hardmon Jr. remembers his sister, Ashley
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View ArticleThe Ripple Effect: Putting Ashley Hardmon to rest
Please enable Javascript to watch this videoEDITOR'S NOTE:This report is an installment of The Ripple Effect, an occasional series in partnership with the Chicago Sun-Times that looks at the toil the...
View ArticleTeen charged in murder of 15-year-old boy
A teenage boy was charged with murder Wednesday for fatally shooting 15-year-old Ed Cooper this month in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.The 16-year-old boy was charged with one count of...
View ArticleMan charged with beating girlfriend, killing her unborn child
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the beating of his pregnant girlfriend, which ultimately led to the death of her unborn child earlier this month, a beating originally blamed on a group of...
View ArticleMan charged in beating that led to death of unborn child
A 23-year-old man is charged with punching his 7-months-pregnant girlfriend in the abdomen during a fight, ultimately killing her unborn child, prosecutors said Thursday. Jovanny Martinez is accused of...
View ArticleProsecutor: Teen killed in money dispute between gang factions
A teen was allegedly ordered to kill another gang member because of a financial dispute between two gang factions, prosecutors said.Prosecutors said Dyvell Mallet, 16, walked up to a group in the 600...
View ArticleDolton man shot to death in South Loop
A Dolton man was shot to death while he sat in a car in the South Loop late Thursday night. Andre Bunton, 37, was sitting in a car in the 200 block of East 16th Place about 11:25 p.m. when shots were...
View ArticleOak Park teen shot to death on West Side
An Oak Park teen was shot and killed in the Lawndale neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to authorities. Nineteen-year-old Alexander Mayo was in the 1300 block of South Avers Avenue when he was...
View ArticleComment of the day: Slain boy "always gave me a winning smile."
"I have known this young man since he was in elementary school. I always encouraged him to do his best in school and he in turn always gave me a winning smile along with a promise to do just that. He...
View Article1 dead, 3 others wounded in Far South Side shooting
Four people were shot, one fatally, on the Far South Side early Sunday, police said.The shooting occurred about 1:50 a.m. in the 600 block of East 131st Street, police said.The four were standing...
View ArticleMan killed in Englewood shooting
A man was killed in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side late Saturday.About 11:30 p.m., the 25-year-old was shot multiple times near the intersection of West 71st Street and...
View ArticleMan killed in South Chicago shooting
A man was shot and killed in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday night.Police were called to the 8500 block of South Saginaw Avenue about 10:58 p.m., responding to a call of a person shot, police...
View Article1 dead, 1 hurt in Near North Side shooting
One man was killed and another hurt in a shooting on the Near North Side early Sunday.The shooting occurred in the 500 block of West Pearson about 4 a.m., police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada...
View ArticleMan charged in South Side shooting death
A man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of another man in Englewood Saturday night.Stanford Thompson, 25, was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing...
View ArticleAltgeld Gardens father of three killed when fight escalates
Holden Marcus and Jeanette JohnsonMarcus Holden was described by his long-time girlfriend as “a joyful person” who loved to have fun, listen to music and play with his children. But the 28-year-old...
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