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21-year-old Devone Matthews shot at Edgewater carwash where he worked
Devone Matthews was fatally shot at the carwash where he worked in the North Side Edgewater neighborhood Thursday afternoon.About 4:45 p.m., a man entered the business in the 5900 block of North Ridge,...
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Joaquin Rocha fatally shot while riding in car in Back of the Yards
Joaquin Rocha was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Saturday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.About 3:40 a.m., the 32-year-old Rocha was a passenger in a car in the 4500 block of South...
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Eric Turner fatally shot near his home in Greater Grand Crossing
Eric Turner was fatally shot Saturday night in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side.The shooting happened at 7 p.m. in the 7300 block of South Dorchester, according to Chicago...
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Martell Smith fatally shot in drive-by in Roseland
Martell L. Smith was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side.The 21-year-old was walking in the 9900 block of South State Street at 2:10 p.m. when a vehicle...
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Adrian Campos stabbed to death in Logan Square, and police have suspect in...
Adrian Campos was stabbed to death early Monday in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side, and police say a suspect is in custody.Shortly after 3 a.m., the 26-year-old Campos was stabbed...
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Rashaad Jackson to be arraigned for hit-and-run that killed Terrell Walker in...
A 20-year-old Chicago man charged with the fatal hit-and-run crash in West Englewood that killed 46-year-old Terrell Walker will appear for arraignment July 2. Walker was crossing the street in the...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: Eight people killed in Chicago violence last week
By JARED LANDSMAN and TRISTAN SIMS Homicide Watch ChicagoAt least eight people were killed in Chicago last week, all of them fatally shot.Shootings since Friday night alone left three men dead and at...
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Amid city's violence, four neighborhoods go years without a murder
Being so close to Lincolnwood — and the suburb's police — is one reason Nahla Yafai thinks her North Side neighborhood that’s part of Forest is safe. | Emily Gray Brosious / Sun-TimesBy MICHAEL LANSU,...
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Joseph Rivera dies 12 hours after being shot in vehicle in Gage Park
Joseph Rivera, who was shot early Saturday in a drive-by attack in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood, died hours later at a hospital. The 21-year-old had stopped his car at a light about 2:25...
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Germel Dossie now charged with murder for allegedly shooting Clifton Frye...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesThe teenager accused of shooting Clifton Frye over disparaging Facebook comments about slain rapper Young Pappy is now facing a murder charge after Frye died last...
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Roommate questioned after Vanessa Taylor strangled in West Garfield Park...
By ASHLEE REZIN and LEEANN SHELTON Chicago Sun-Times WireVanessa V. Taylor was found strangled early Tuesday in her West Garfield Park neighborhood apartment after her roommate posted on social media...
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Man charged with fatal stabbing of Adrian Campos during argument in Logan Square
By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times WireA man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of Adrian Campos earlier this week in a Logan Square neighborhood backyard on the Northwest Side.Ruben...
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Avery Williams fatally shot while driving in Morgan Park
Avery Williams was shot to death while driving in the Morgan Park neighborhood late Tuesday on the Far South Side.About 10:45 p.m., the 22-year-old Williams was driving in the 11100 block of South...
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Angelica Escamilla fatally stabbed, two injured, during domestic dispute in...
Angelica Escamilla was fatally stabbed and two other people injured during a domestic-related fight Monday afternoon in the North Side Lincoln Square neighborhood, officials said.The stabbing happened...
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Convict charged with killing Jason Jernigan while gunning for another man in...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireIn what was supposed to be a retaliatory strike against a romantic rival, a convicted felon accidentally shot Jason Jernigan in 2013, but after admitting the crime...
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James Thomas arrested for murder of Vanessa Taylor in West Garfield Park
A man has been charged with murder for strangling Vanessa V. Taylor in her West Garfield Park home earlier this week, a murder discovered by police after her roommate posted on social media that he had...
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Two men charged with fatal stabbing of Angelica Escamilla during Lincoln...
By REEMA AMIN and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireTwo men have been charged with a stabbing that left 20-year-old woman Angelica Escamilla dead and a 19-year-old man hurt during a melee Monday...
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Abel Ruiz gets 51 years for shooting Brandon Cage over gang affiliation in 2013
By LEEANN SHELTON Chicago Sun-Times WireA Latin Kings street gang member has been sentenced to 51 years in prison for fatally shooting Brandon Cage after demanding he renounce his own gang in the...
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Prosecutors: Man killed girlfriend, Vanessa Taylor, then wrote about it on...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesA West Garfield Park man strangled his live-in girlfriend Vanessa V. Taylor, then confessed to killing her on Facebook, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday.James...
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Angelica Escamilla and men charged with her murder ambushed another man:...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesRaymond Boyle | Chicago PoliceRaymond Boyle allegedly enlisted a pair of friends to help lure a man he’d feuded with on Facebook to a Lincoln Square alley and beat...
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