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Angelo Bennett sentenced to 45 years in deadly road rage shooting of...
Angelo Bennett / Photo from Cook County sheriff's officeBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesAngelo Bennett said all he’s ever wanted to do since he was charged with murdering a gentlemen’s club manager...
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Comment of the Day: "He was a laid back, smooth, funny and cool dude"
Morial Ewing, 28, was fatally shot May 18 in the South Shore community. Reader Trina Davis posted this about him:Im sorry I didn't try harder to keep my friend inside. He was a laid back,smooth,funny...
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Kortillious Gipson charged with murder in Humboldt Park shooting death of...
Kortillious Gipson / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-TimesSamuel Walker Sr. was killed just six days after his 13-year-old namesake son was murdered.While no...
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Rapper Young Pappy shot to death in Uptown
Shaquon Thomas / Photo from YouTubeBY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoChicago rapper Young Pappy, who had previously been the intended target in at least two shootings that left bystanders dead,...
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Police release video of suspect in Chatham shooting death of Glenn Houston Jr.
Chicago Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man suspected in the fatal shooting of Glenn Houston Jr. in December 2014 at a Chatham grocery.Houston, 23, was in the Eberhart Food Store...
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Carlos Herrera found stabbed to death in burning West Elsdon home
Carlos Herrera was found stabbed to death inside his burning West Elsdon home Thursday afternoon.Emergency crews found 22-year-old Carlos Herrera and 49-year-old Maria Herrera inside their home in the...
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Autopsy: John Rainey, 52, died from 'scuffle' in Austin
A 52-year-old man collapsed and died after a Thursday night “scuffle” in the Austin neighborhood, police said.John L. Rainey got into a fight with another man about 11 p.m. in the 300 block of North...
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Jose Velasquez fatally shot in Little Village
Jose Velasquez was shot to death in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.Velasquez, 24, was shot in the back in the 2100 block of South Fairfield Avenue about 12:05 a.m. Saturday, authorities...
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Rodolfo 'Rudy' Avina, 43, stabbed to death in Pilsen bar
A 43-year-old man was stabbed to death in a Pilsen bar early Saturday.Rodolfo "Rudy" Avina was inside Simone's Bar in the 900 block of West 18th Street when he was stabbed in the neck about 12:40 a.m.,...
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Kevin O'Malley killed in Lake View shooting
Kevin O'Malley / Photo from FacebookBY MICHAEL LANSU AND GEORGE SLEFO Chicago Sun-TimesKevin O’Malley spent last week searching for the perfect gift for his girlfriend's upcoming birthday, a coworker...
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Jose Guzman charged with murder in West Elsdon deaths of Carlos Herrera,...
Jose Guzman / Photo from Chicago PoliceJose Guzman has been charged for his alleged role in a home invasion and arson that left two people dead last Thursday in the West Elsdon community.Guzman, 20,...
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Ulises Almaraz charged with murder in Pilsen stabbing death of Rudy Avina
Ulises Almaraz / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY SUN-TIMES STAFFUlises Almaraz has been charged with murder for the early Saturday stabbing death of Rodolfo “Rudy” Avina at a popular Pilsen bar,...
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Kristopher Claybon dies from West Englewood shooting
Kristopher Claybon has died more than three months after he was shot near his West Englewood home.Claybon, 33, was sitting in a vehicle parked outside his home in the 5700 block of South Hermitage...
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Demetrius Hill Jr. fatally shot in South Shore
Demetrius P. Hill Jr. was fatally shot early Saturday in the South Shore neighborhood.Hill, 19, was shot in the head in the hallway of a building in the 6800 block of South Ridgeland Avenue about 1:25...
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Prosecutors: Kristopher Pitts stole cellphone, cash then fatally shot Kevin...
Kristopher Pitts / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-TimesKristopher Pitts was ordered held without bond Sunday after prosecutors claim he fatally shot Kevin O'Malley during a...
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Prosecutors: Killer left bloody footprints then hid in his mom's closet
Jose Guzman / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY SAM CHALRES Chicago Sun-TimesAfter leaving his bloody footprints all over a Southwest Side murder scene where he’d butchered his aunt and cousin, a 20-year-old...
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Prosecutors: Jealous knifeman slit Rudy Avina's throat in Pilsen bar
Ulises Almaraz / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-TimesA 29-year-old man slit a man’s throat in a Pilsen bar because he believed the man was talking to his girlfriend, prosecutors...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: 14 killed in Chicago violence
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoAt least 14 people were killed throughout Chicago last week.Seven of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 24 other people were wounded by...
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Police: 161 murders in 151 days in Chicago
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch ChicagoChicago Police reported nearly four dozen murders in May, and the city is averaging more than a killing a day so far this year.The 46 slayings in May, as measured...
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Joshua Hargrow charged with murder in Edgewater shooting death of John Myles
Joshua Hargrow / Photo from Chicago PoliceBY ASHLEE REZIN Sun-Times MediaJoshua Hargrow has been charged with murder in the Edgewater shooting death of 45-year-old John L. Myles in April 2014.On April...
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