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Demetrius Bottom dies after being shot during argument in Greater Grand Crossing
Demetrius R. Bottom, who was shot early Tuesday during an argument in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, has died.Bottom, 49, was standing outside in the 8000 block of South...
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Kimon Wheeler second 15-year-old to be fatally shot in two days in North...
Kimon Wheeler was shot and killed late Wednesday in the North Lawndale, the second 15-year-old to die from gun violence in the West Side neighborhood in two days.Wheeler got into a fight with someone...
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19-year-old Sam Johnson found fatally shot in Uptown alley
Sam L. Johnson was shot to death late Wednesday night in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side.The 19-year-old was found by police in an alley in the 4400 block of North Magnolia about 11:45 p.m....
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Lynell Simmons killed, two others wounded in Chatham shooting
Lynell L. Simmons died and two other men were wounded in a Thursday afternoon shooting in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.The men were standing outside in the 7900 block of South Langley about...
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Clifton Frye dies weeks after being shot over Facebook comments about slain...
Clifton Frye died Thursday of gunshot wounds that prosecutors claim he suffered nearly three weeks ago at the hand of a teenager, upset by Frye’s disparaging Facebook comments about recently slain...
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Hammood Dawoudi killed in Chatham shooting that left second man wounded
Hammood Dawoudi was killed and another man was wounded in a shooting inside an apartment in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side on Thursday night, police said.Dawoudi, 23, and a 20-year-old were...
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James Jones, son with troubled past, shields mom from gunfire, dies saving...
By BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Chicago Sun-TimesMost people wouldn’t consider James Jones a good guy. He sold drugs, according to his family. He’d been in prison and was out on parole.But Saturday, when a man...
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Teen charged with fatal shooting of 16-year-old Jorge Ruiz in Humboldt Park
A teenager has been charged with fatally shooting 16-year-old Jorge Ruiz earlier this year in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.Jeremiah Nieves, 17, of the 1300 block of North...
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Three teens charged with fatal shooting of Kimon Wheeler during North...
By MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-TimesTwo teens accused of the shooting death of a 15-year-old Kimon Wheeler were ordered held on high bond amounts Sunday.Aaron Bynum, 16, was ordered held on $900,000 and...
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23-year-old Nija Richardson fatally stabbed during argument in West Englewood
Nija Richardson died after being stabbed during a fight with a man he knew Sunday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police say.About 11:15 p.m., the 23-year-old Richardson got...
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Shannon Harper fatally shot last week in Woodlawn
Authorities have identified a 43-year-old man shot to death last week in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side as Shannon Harper.About 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Harper was outside near his home in the...
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Chad Harris identified as man fatally shot Saturday night in Humboldt Park
An man shot dead late Saturday in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood has been identified as 18-year-old Chad Harris.Harris was walking in the 4200 block of West Division at 11:18 p.m. when a...
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Devon Davis fatally shot in Greater Grand Crossing
Devon Davis was killed in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side, police said.The shooting happened in the 7500 block of South Ellis at 2:05 p.m.,...
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Christon Barlow killed, three other people wounded in Bronzeville drive-by
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times WireChriston Barlow was killed and three other people injured in a Bronzeville neighborhood drive-by shooting Tuesday evening, about a block away from Chicago Police...
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Lucille Barnes killed, two women wounded when shooter fires into crowd in...
Lucille Barnes was killed and two other women injured in a Gresham neighborhood shooting late Tuesday on the South Side.The three were among a group of people fighting on the street about 11:30 p.m. in...
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Marlon Welton charged with slaying of 15-year-old Martese Gentry in North...
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Martese Gentry as he watched a fight last week in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side. Marlon Welton of the 3300...
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Cordelro McGee found shot to death inside vehicle in Austin
A man found shot to death Sunday morning in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side has been identified as Cordelro McGee.Police responding to a call of an unresponsive person about 10:30 a.m. found...
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No bond for Marlon Welton, charged with fatal shooting of 15-year-old Martese...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesA West Side man was ordered held without bond Wednesday for allegedly shooting into a crowd and killing 15-year-old Martese Gentry, who had been watching two women...
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Christian Barlow popular guy at Bronzeville nursing home where he lived, worked
Christon BarlowBy SAM CHARLES Sun-Times Media WireAfter he came out of a week-and-a-half long coma last December, lifelong South Shore resident Christon Barlow moved into a Bronzeville nursing home.In...
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Negeal Smith fatally shot while sitting in car in North Lawndale
Negeal Smith was sitting in a car when he was shot to death early Thursday in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.The 20-year-old was sitting in the backseat of a vehicle in the 1400 block...
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