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WEEK IN REVIEW: Seven killed throughout Chicago
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorSeven people died violent deaths throughout Chicago last week.Three of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 29 other people were wounded...
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UPDATE: Eric Hamilton fatally shot fiance's brother during fight, prosecutors...
Eric Hamilton / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorA 47-year-old south suburban man was ordered held without bond Monday after prosecutors claimed he fatally shot...
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UPDATE: Carlos Johsnon involved in robbery spree before murder of Demario...
Demario Bailey / Sumbitted photoBY STEFANO ESPOSITO Chicago Sun-TimesA 17-year-old boy was ordered held without bond Monday after he was charged with killing a 15-year-old over his jacket in front of...
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Shamar Thompson fatally shot in Englewood
Shamar Thompson was fatally shot in the Englewood neighborhood Monday morning.Thompson, 18, was walking in the 5800 block of South Morgan Street when a maroon van pulled up and somebody inside opened...
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Prosecutors: Lavert Pitts fatally shot Monte Tillman at Austin car wash
Lavert Pitts / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY JORDAN OWEN Sun-Times MediaA West Side man currently in federal custody for bank robbery now faces murder charges in the May shooting death of Monte Tillman....
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UPDATE: Three more charged with murder in Englewood shooting death of...
BY SUN-TIMES STAFFDemacio and Demario Bailey were supposed to be celebrating their 16th birthday on Tuesday. Instead, two other brothers stood before a judge, accused of being part of a robbery spree...
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Tyrone Johnson killed in East Garfield Park shooting
Tyrone Johnson was fatally shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.Johnson, 30, was shot in the 3300 block of West Congress Parkway about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said....
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Torrance Bell fatally shot in Humbold Park community
Torrance D. Bell was fatally shot near a Humboldt Park library Monday afternoon.Bell, 23, just exited a parked vehicle in the 700 block of North Kedzie Avenue when three people approached and two of...
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Jose Hernandez, 17, killed in Chicago Lawn shooting
A 17-year-old boy was killed in a Chicago Lawn area shooting early Wednesday.Police responding to reports of a person shot found Jose R. Hernandez Jr. shot in the head and lying on a sidewalk in the...
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Matthew Dowdell, 42, shot dead in West Englewood
A 42-year-old man was found shot to death at his West Englewood home Tuesday night.Police found Matthew Dowdell dead at his home in the 5900 block of South Wolcott Avenue at 8:12 p.m. Tuesday,...
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Donatello Herrera, 35, fatally shot on Near West Side
BY GEORGE SLEFO Sun-Times MediaDonatello Herrera was fatally shot early Wednesday after he finished work at a Near West Side fast-food restaurant.Herrera, 35, was standing on the sidewalk in the 1200...
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Drequan Archie killed in South Shore shooting
Drequan Archie was killed in a South Shore shooting that left another man wounded Wednesday afternoon.The men were in the 2100 block of East 79th Street when two other people approached and one of them...
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Lamont Jackson charged with murder in 2013 Chatham shooting death of Leroy...
Lamont Jackson / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorLamont Jackson was ordered held on $1 million bond Thursday after prosecutors claim he was part of a group that...
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Autopsy: Yvonne Agustus, 47, beaten to death in Greater Grand Crossing...
Scene where Yvonne Augustus was killed / Photo from NVPA man beat a woman to death before hanging himself in a Greater Grand Crossing home Wednesday night.Yvonne Augustus, 47, and Ezra Walton, 28,...
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Friend: Slain Aaron Starling 'one of the guys that looked out for me and kept...
BY KENNY NGUYEN Homicide Watch ChicagoAaron Starling tried to promote peace in his Near West Side community through sports, a friend said.Starling enjoyed teaching neighborhood children a variety of...
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Louis Smith charged with murder in 2013 Chatham shooting death of Leroy Griffin
Louis Smith / Photo from Chicago PoliceA second man has been charged with murder after authorities said he was part of a group that beat a man then shot him dead in the Chatham neighborhood.On Dec....
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Johnny Coria killed in Little Village shooting
Johnny Coria was fatally shot in the Little Village neighborhood Friday afternoon.Coria, 19, was walking in the 3000 block of South Kedvale Avenue when a gunman walked up and opened fire about 4:40...
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Omar Flores fatally shot in Albany Park
Omar Flores has died after being shot in the head Tuesday afternoon in the Albany Park neighborhood.Flores, 31, was sitting in the passenger's seat of a car parked in the 4700 block of North Lawndale...
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Mother of slain teen Demario Bailey tells mourners to 'love your babies'
BY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-TimesThe mother of slain teen Demario Bailey had a message for the thousands of mourners at his funeral Saturday.“Today, I ask of you all to live and not die, for my son,”...
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