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William Drake and Briona White fatally shot in Roseland
William L. Drake and Briona O. White were shot down Thursday evening in a double homicide in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side.About 6:55 p.m., officers responding to a call of a person shot...
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17-year-old Torri Williams killed, 20-year-old man injured in shooting in...
Authorities investigate the West Englewood block where a teen was killed and a man wounded late Friday. | Network Video ProductionsA 17-year-old boy was killed and a man wounded in a shooting in the...
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Marquis Mitchell fatally shot during attempted robbery in North Lawndale
Marquis Mitchell was shot to death late Sunday during an attempted robbery in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.A man who was sitting in a parked vehicle was shot to death late Sunday in...
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Michael George Walton found shot to death in West Pullman
A man shot to death in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side early Friday has been identified as 31-year-old Michael George Walton.Officers responding to a call of a person shot at 2:40...
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WEEK IN REVIEW: At least 8 people killed in Chicago violence
By JARED LANDSMAN and TRISTAN SIMS Homicide Watch ChicagoAt least eight people were killed in Chicago this past week, including two during a violent weekend in which nearly 50 people were shot.The...
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Trip to Korea helping teen learn new culture, work on film career, move on...
Tashanti Blanton By TRISTAN SIMS Homicide Watch ChicagoTashanti Blanton has been in a cinematography program since second grade, but never imagined it would serve as a healing tool for getting over the...
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51-year-old man found shot to death near his home in Morgan Park identified...
Police cordon off the Morgan Park block where a 51-year-old man was shot to death early Thursday. | Network Video ProductionsThe Cook County medical examiner's office on Tuesday confirmed what many in...
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Marlin Dixon killed in drive-by shooting near his home in Altgeld Gardens
Marlin J. Dixon III was killed in a drive-by shooting late Tuesday in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on the Far South Side.The 20-year-old Dixon was walking in the 700 block of East 131st Street at...
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Donna Dudley Peace program participants will try to beat the cops in annual...
By JARED LANDSMAN Homicide Watch ChicagoThursday night on the West Side, a group of youth taking part in a gang intervention program will try to kick some cops' butts—on the baseball diamond. At Little...
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18-year-old Demetrius Wooten dies three days after being shot in head in...
Demetrius Wooten was walking down the street early Sunday in the West Side Lawndale neighborhood when he was shot in the head early Sunday. He died at a hospital on Wednesday.About 12:15 a.m. Sunday,...
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Police release sketch of man seen running from block where William Drake and...
Police say this was one of two men seen running from the scene of a double homicide last week on West 109th Street in Roseland. Police have released a composite sketch of a man seen running away from...
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Ricardo Mendez-Bucio fatally shot while sitting in car at gas station in...
Ricardo C. Mendez-Bucio was fatally shot Thursday afternoon while sitting in a car at a gas station in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.The 18-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in...
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Alma Hernandez killed when ex-boyfriend shoots her, then kills himself in...
By MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA Chicago Sun-TimesAlma B. Hernandez of Tinley Park died when her ex-boyfriend walked into a Loop loan store where she worked Friday afternoon and fatally shot her before turning...
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Man charged with reckless homicide for causing crash that injured woman and...
By REEMA AMIN Chicago Sun-Times WireA man was charged with reckless homicide after a Northwest Side crash on Wednesday seriously injured a pregnant woman and killed her unborn child, Chicago Police...
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Alma Hernandez remembered as devoted mother of two
By TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-TimesFriends of a Alma B. Hernandez, killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a Loop loan store on Friday afternoon, say she was a devoted mom who spoke frequently about...
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Alex Malone dies one day after being shot in the head in West Garfield Park
Alex Malone man died Saturday, about 20 hours after being shot in the head Friday night in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.The 19-year-old Malone was outside about 6:40 p.m. in the 4100 block of...
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17-year-old charged with fatal shooting of Ricardo Mendez-Bucio in Brighton Park
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the fatal shooting of Ricardo C. Mendez-Bucio at a Brighton Park neighborhood gas station Thursday afternoon on the Southwest Side.The teenage suspect, whose...
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Jerome Phelps fatally shot, 16-year-old boy injured while playing dice in...
19-year-old Jerome Phelps was killed and a teenage boy critically wounded in a shooting Sunday night in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.The victims were playing dice in the 1800 block...
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No bond for 17-year-old charged with fatal shooting of Ricardo Mendez-Bucio...
By REEMA AMIN Chicago Sun-TimesA Cook County judge denied bond Sunday for a 17-year-old boy accused of shooting 18-year-old Ricardo C. Mendez-Bucio to death as he sat in a vehicle Thursday afternoon...
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Cassanova West fatally shot while driving in East Garfield Park
Cassanova West was shot to death while driving in the East Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday.The 27-year-old was driving near the intersection of Carroll and Central Park avenues about 2:05...
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