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Larry Peters, 65, convicted of murdering brother during argument at Englewood...
Larry Peters / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times MeidaA 65-year-old man was convicted of murder last week for fatally shooting his unarmed younger brother during a 2013...
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Angelo Bennett convicted of murder in road rage shooting of gentleman's club...
Angelo Bennett / Photo from Cook County Sheriff's officeBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesAn Austin man was convicted Tuesday of gunning down a Far South Side gentleman’s club manager and wounding...
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Police: Killings, shootings rise in first quarter of 2015
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoAfter consecutive years of record low murder totals, killings rose nearly 30 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014.The 80 murders through the first three...
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Savon Davis, 16, shot dead in West Englewood
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood Tuesday morning.Police found Savon Davis lying on the ground in the 1200 block of West 57th Street about 10:10 a.m. Tuesday,...
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Autopsy: Susan Mangino-Watson fatally stabbed in Avondale murder-suicide
Gerald A. Watson fatally stabbed Susan Mangino-Watson then turned the knife on himself in what police are calling a domestic murder-suicide Tuesday afternoon in the Avondale neighborhood, authorities...
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Charles Gray shot dead in West Englewood
Charles Gray was fatally shot in the West Englewood neighborhood early Thursday.Gray, 36, got into an argument in the 2100 block of West 71st Place and the other person pulled a gun and opened fired...
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Stephon Gill charged with murder in Belmont Cragin shooting death of Edgar...
Stephon Gills / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesStephon Gill was angry rivals jumped a fellow Latin Styler gang member while the pal was with his child.So Gill went into a...
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DuJuane Hall, 16, fatally shot in Chicago Lawn
Scene where DuJuane Hall was fatally shot / Photo by Paul MarikA 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Wednesday night.DuJuane Hall was shot in the shoulder in the 3000...
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Jerome Anderson killed in Washington Park shooting
Jerome Anderson was fatally shot near Washington Park Friday morning.Anderson, 22, was walking in the 5800 block of South King Drive when a gold vehicle pulled up and gunman got out and opened fire at...
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Howard Hunt, 58, charged with murder in South Shore stabbing death
Howard Hunt / Photo from Chicago PoliceA 58-year-old man was charged with murder Friday in a fatal stabbing this week in the South Shore neighborhood that police called domestic related.Howard Hunt...
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Azun Buckner killed in Englewood shooting
Azun Buckner was fatally shot in the Englewood neighborhood Friday afternoon.Officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 7000 block of South Normal Avenue found Azun Buckner shot multiple times...
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Martell Lawrence, 16, fatally shot in West Englewood
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death in the West Englewood neighborhood Saturday afternoon.Police responding to a report of shots fired found Martell J. Lawrence shot in the head on a sidewalk the 6500...
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Milon Carvis shot to death in Auburn Gresham
Milon L. Carvis was shot to death in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Saturday afternoon.Carvis, 42, was part of a group standing on a sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Seeley Avenue when a gunman...
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Anatomy of an Autopsy: Chief medical examiner breaks down Chicago homicides
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorWhen Linda Sanders was found in her Grand Boulevard home, the 60-year-old mother was lying in a pool of blood after being “battered almost beyond...
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Killings on the rise in typically quiet Ashburn
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoChicago Police got off to a rough start this year, with 30 percent more murders reported than in the first three months of 2014.But residents of the Southwest...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Eleven killed throughout Chicago
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago EditorNine males were shot to death, and two women were fatally stabbed, throughout Chicago last week.Four of the killings happened over the weekend, when at...
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Comment of the Day: "He wasn't like how [people are trying to] make him seem"
Martavian Emery, 21, was fatally shot April 26, 2014, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Prosecutors said Emery directed a woman to a nearby home, where she was beaten and robbed, and her father...
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Quentin Thompson dies from Auburn Gresham shooting
Quentin A. Thompson has died after being shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood last month.Thompson, 27, was shot in the head and police found him on the ground in the 8800 block of South Cottage...
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Juan Simpson fatally shot in Greater Grand Crossing
Juan Simpson / Photo from FacebookJuan Simpson was fatally shot in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood Thursday night.Simpson, 37, was standing in the 100 block of East 69th Street when gunfire...
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Comment of the Day: "Martell was a cool lil dude"
Martell Lawrence, 16, was fatally shot April 4 in the West Englewood community. Reader "Kenney" posted this about him:Martell was a cool lil dude. He really didn't deserve that.... RIP LIL HOMMIE
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