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Mother of slain 17-year-old plans memorial event for anniversary of his death
Marcel Pearson / Photo from Twitter By JARED LANDSMAN Homicide Watch ChicagoThe Washington Heights community will honor the memory of 17-year-old gunshot victim Marcel Pearson with a memorial and...
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Dimarkiss Scott fatally shot during fight near his home in Austin
Dimarkiss Scott was fatally shot in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side late Wednesday.Just before midnight in the 1300 block of North Lockwood, the 23-year-old Scott got into a fight with another...
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Manuel Arizaga shot on his way to work, less than a block from his Irving...
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times WireManuel Arizaga was shot and killed while walking to work Friday morning, less than a block from the home he shared with his wife and baby girl in the Irving Park...
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16-year-old Jose Neri killed, second teen wounded in Belmont Cragin shooting
16-year-old Jose Neri was killed in a shooting that also left another teenager critically wounded Wednesday evening in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.The boys were in the 6100 block of West Fullerton...
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Jamal Joiner charged with fatal shooting of Courtney Jackson in Humboldt Park
A 20-year-old man has been charged with a shooting that left Courtney Jackson dead and another man seriously injured in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood earlier this year.Jamal D. Joiner |...
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WEEK IN REVIEW
At least five people people were killed in shootings across the city this past week.The five killings took place since Monday with two other people being wounded. The latest killing was Manuel Arizaga,...
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Gunman on bicycle fatally shoots Vallan Francis in West Ridge
Vallan K. Francis was shot to death Friday afternoon in the West Ridge neighborhood on the North Side.About 1:40 p.m., the 22-year-old Francis was standing outside in the 2000 block of West Arthur when...
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Family of Tito Rodriguez files lawsuit over crash on Dan Ryan that killed the...
By ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times WireThe family of off-duty Chicago Police officer Tito M. Rodriguez Jr., killed in a crash last year while riding his motorcycle on the Dan Ryan Expressway, has filed...
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Elderly father and two sons found dead in Mayfair home in what police are...
By MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-TimesIt was a hot summer Friday afternoon and neighbors were hanging out on their porches, gabbing about the weekend’s block party, when gunfire suddenly...
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Man charged after deaths of Celia Cruz Reyes and Samantha Welch in fire on NW...
By REEMA AMIN Chicago Sun-Times WireA 22-year-old man will appear in court Saturday after confessing to strangling Celia Cruz Reyes and Samantha Welch, one of whom was his sister, at a Northwest Side...
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Autopsies: Roberto Cervantes killed his father and brother, Jesus and Joel...
By MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-Times WireRoberto Cervantes shot himself in the head in a murder-suicide Friday that left two other men—his brother Joel Cervantes, and his father Jesus...
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Elbert Farris dies after being shot multiple times in East Garfield Park
Elbert Farris died after being shot repeatedly late Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.Officers responding to a call of shots fired about 10 p.m. in the 500 block of North...
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Jemel O’Brien found fatally shot inside car in Englewood
Jemel O’Brien man was found shot and killed inside a vehicle early Saturday in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.About 4 a.m., officers discovered the 29-year-old O’Brien in the 7400 block of South...
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Baby Dillan's funeral: 'The hurt. Oh Lord, the hurt.'
By BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Chicago Sun-Times Dillan Harris was buried Saturday in a tiny white coffin.A mourner at Dillan Harris' funeral wears a memorial button. | Becky Schlikerman/Sun-Times The...
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Charzelle Harris killed, 18-year-old injured in North Lawndale shooting
Charzelle Harris was killed in a North Lawndale neighborhood shooting that also left an 18-year-old man injured early Saturday on the West Side.About 1 a.m., the 25-year-old Harris was in the 3500...
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Reckless homicide charges follow DUI crash that left Jose Luzianos Jr. dead...
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireJose Luzianos Jr. was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday in the Loop, an accident which led to reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges against the...
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Prosecutors: Jose Luzianos Jr. was drag racing on Lower Wacker with man...
By REEMA AMIN and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireIvan Sanchez had spent the night drinking and hanging out with his friend Jose Luzianos Jr. before it all ended in a fatal drag racing incident,...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: 12 people killed in Chicago violence; four more possible...
By JARED LANDSMAN and TRISTAN SIMS Homicide Watch ChicagoAt least twelve people were killed in violence in Chicago this past week, and that number may rise by four.The most recent murder occurred late...
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No bond for Garland Benson, charged with the murder of Alvin Vincent Randolph...
The man charged with the fatal shooting of Alvin Vincent Randolph in West Englewood in May was ordered held without bond Monday.Garland Benson | Chicago PoliceGarland Benson, 26, is charged with one...
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Edgar Martinez charged with fatal shooting of Daniel Rivera in May in Albany...
A West Ridge neighborhood man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Daniel Rivera in the Northwest Side Albany Park neighborhood in May.Edgar M. Martinez | Chicago PoliceEdgar M. Martinez, 20,...
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