WEEK IN REVIEW: Nine murdered throughout Chicago
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorNine people were killed by violence last week throughout Chicago last week.Three of the victims were shot to death over the weekend, when at least 14 other...
View ArticleAndrew Brown, 46, found shot to death on South Side
An Evanston man was found fatally shot early Monday on the South Side.Andrew Brown, 46, was found shot in the chest on a sidewalk in the 3000 block of East Cheltenham Place about 12:20 a.m.,...
View ArticleProsecutors: Tierra Williams beat Anthony Morris to death with baseball bat
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorTierra Williams was ordered held on $900,000 bond Monday after prosecutors said she drove her boyfriend to beat a man to death in the Park Manor...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ian Armstrong fatally shot Gregory Dixon as he slept in a...
Ian Armstrong / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times MediaA Rogers Park man awaiting trial on gun charges was ordered held without bond Monday after authorities said DNA linked him to a...
View ArticleAndre Johnson fatally shot in West Englewood
Andre B. Johnson Jr. was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood early Sunday.Johnson, 29, was sitting in the front passenger's seat of a vehicle parked in the 1500 block of West 72nd Street...
View ArticleDoug Chambliss killed in West Garfield Park shooting
Doug A. Chambliss was fatally shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Monday morning.Chambliss, 33, was outside in the 700 block of South Karlov Avenue when two males walked up and opened fire at...
View ArticleGodfather: Travis Wright shot dead after helping grandmother with errands
Travis Wright / Photo from InstagramBY KENNY NGUYEN Homicide Watch ChicagoTravis Wright was always helping others.From helping coach local sports teams to helping his grandmother run errands, Wright...
View ArticleComment of the Day: "Robbing and killing innocent people is not the answer"
Restaurant employee Chang Z. Qui was fatally shot last week during an attempted robbery at the Austin eatery. Reader "g3rm4n_chocol4t3" posted this about the killing:Just sickening......whoever this...
View ArticleJuvenile Detention Center employee charged with reckless homicide in crash...
Dennis Anderson / Photo from Cook County Sheriff's officeBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesA Cook County Juvenile Detention Center employee was placed on electronic monitoring Wednesday for...
View ArticleDarrell Tolbert fatally shot in East Garfield Park
Darrell Tolbert was fatally shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday night.Police found Tolbert, 36, shot in the head and chest in the 600 block of North Avers Avenue at 7:17 p.m. Tuesday,...
View ArticleAntonio Valentine dies after North Lawndale beating
Antonio Valentine has died from injuries he suffered during an assault in the North Lawndale neighborhood nearly three months ago.Valentine, 34, was hit in head about 11:45 p.m. Aug. 1 in the 1900...
View ArticleVeronica Wilson charged with murder in stabbing death of Andrew Brown
Veronica Wilson / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY KENNY NGUYEN Homicide Watch ChicagoA mother of seven was ordered held on $800,000 bond Wednesday after prosecutors claim she fatally stabbed her boyfriend...
View ArticleGregory McKinney fatally shot in West Garfield Park
Gregory D. McKinney was killed in a West Garfield Park shooting Wednesday evening.McKinney, 25, was outside in the 100 block of South Pulaski when he was shot in the back and chest about 5 p.m., police...
View ArticleJoseph Lewis fatally shot in South Shore
Joseph Lewis died after he was shot multiple times and dropped off at a hospital early Thursday on the South Side.Lewis, 39, was outside in the 7900 block of South Essex about 2:40 a.m. when someone...
View ArticleLydell Lynch killed in South Shore shooting
Lydell Lynch was fatally shot in his South Shore apartment building early Friday.Authorities found Lynch, 22, shot multiple times in a doorway of a second-floor apartment in the 7300 block of South...
View ArticleDeon Gilbert, 15, fatally shot in South Deering
A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in the South Deering neighborhood Friday night.Deon Gilbert was walking in the 10400 block of South Bensley Avenue when a dark minivan pulled up and somebody...
View ArticleJames Watson, 61, dies three months after shooting at Chatham lounge
A 61-year-old man has died more than three months after he was shot at a Chatham neighborhood lounge.James Watson, 61, was shot in the back in a lounge in the 700 block of East 83rd Street about 1:50...
View ArticleTeen, 16, charged with murder in shooting Midway area shooting death of...
Giovanni Galindo / Photo from Dignity MemorialBY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-TimesA 16-year-old boy who allegedly shot a drug dealer to death during a robbery near Midway Airport in September was...
View ArticleJonathan Cartwright shot to death in Chatham
Johnathan Cartwright was fatally shot Saturday evening in the Chatham community.Officers responding to a call of a person shot in the 800 block of East 87th Place found Cartwright, 18, unresponsive on...
View ArticleFamily: Luis Zugina, 44, fatally shot in Belmont Cragin after church
Scene where Luis Zugina was shot / Photo by Ashlee RezinBY ASHLEE REZIN Sun-Times MediaA man coming back from church was shot and killed outside his home Sunday afternoon in the Belmont Cragin...
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