$100K bond for man charged with fatal stabbing of Michael Lomec
Bond was set at $100,000 Sunday for a 27-year-old man charged with the fatal stabbing of Michael Lomec during a domestic incident early Friday in the Old Town neighborhood.Geno Rhodes | Chicago...
View ArticleProsecutors: Jovan Hopkins was fatally shot by his brother in Back of the Yards
By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times WireDequan Hopkins | Chicago PoliceProsecutors claim Jovan Dovantae Hopkins was fatally shot by his brother in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood in...
View ArticleJorge Vargas killed, woman on porch injured in shooting in Brighton Park
Jorge Vargas was fatally on his own block in Brighton Park on Saturday night, a shooting that also left a woman injured as she stood on a porch nearby.Officers responding to a call of a person shot...
View ArticleDavid Caston found shoot to death in street in Gage Park
David Caston was killed in a Gage Park neighborhood shooting Sunday night on the Southwest Side.The 30-year-old was found about 8:40 p.m. on the street in the 2400 block of West 58th Street with...
View ArticleWEEK IN REVIEW: At least 13 people died from violence in Chicago, including a...
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times WireAt least 13 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including a man who succumbed to gunshot wounds received about a year earlier. Six of the victims died...
View ArticleOne of two men charged with killing cabbie Edwin Obazuaye during robbery in...
By LEEANN SHELTON Chicago Sun-Times WireEric Taylor | Cook County sheriff's officeOne of two men charged with the fatal shooting of cab driver Edwin Obazuaye during a 2013 robbery on the South Side has...
View ArticleHughvon Polk killed, second man wounded in Humboldt Park shooting
Hughvon Polk was killed and another man wounded in a shooting in Humboldt Park on Monday night.About 8:20 p.m., the two men were in a red van traveling in the 1100 block of North Keeler when several...
View ArticleJames Douthard fatally shot while driving in Austin
James Douthard was shot to death while driving Austin on Sunday night.The 42-year-old was driving in the 1000 block of North Lamon about 8:35 p.m. when someone opened fire, striking him repeatedly,...
View ArticleReginald Sanson fatally shot in vehicle just blocks from President Obama's...
By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times WireReginald Sanson was shot to death Tuesday evening, only about two blocks from President Barack Obama’s home in Kenwood.A man was shot to death Tuesday evening near...
View ArticleMarshun Black fatally shot on block where he lived in Roseland
Marshun Black was fatally shot on the block where he lived in the Roseland neighborhood on Tuesday night.About 10:20 p.m., the 28-year-old was outside on the 10000 block of South Wentworth when a car...
View ArticleLeonardo Morales fatally shot in Garfield Ridge
A man shot to death early Saturday in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been identified as 34-year-old Leonardo Morales.Morales was shot multiple times about 4:55 a.m. in the...
View ArticleDevon Brunt found not guilty of 2013 murder of Telkia Burns, but he's still...
A South Side man found not guilty of shooting Navy veteran Telkia Burns to death in South Chicago in 2013 will still spend time in prison for another crime.Devon Brunt | Illinois Dept. of...
View ArticleWilliam Carter dies about 24 hours after being shot with two other men in Austin
William Carter, who was injured in a shooting along with two other people Monday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood, died Tuesday night.The three men were in the 1100 block of North Cicero...
View ArticleKortney Blakes killed, three others injured in shooting in park in East...
Kortney Blakes was killed and three other men injured in a shooting Wednesday morning in a park in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on West Side.The shooting happened at Horan Park in the 3000 block...
View ArticleMan charged with murder for running down 66-year-old Willie Owens in Greater...
A man who tried to flee a traffic stop Monday evening and caused a crash that killed 66-year-old Willie Owens has been charged with murder.Paul Forbes | Chicago PolicePaul Forbes, 26, is charged with...
View ArticleNo bond for man charged with running down 66-year-old WIllie Owen while...
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesPaul Forbes | Chicago Police A Roseland man eluding police crashed into other motorists during the South Side chase, killing 66-year-old Willie Owens and injuring...
View ArticleOmar Hernandez charged with gang-related murder of Jeremy Salinas in Bridgeport
By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TimesJeremy Salinas was murdered by Satan Disciples the same day members of the gang stole his bicycle and sent pictures of it on social media, Cook County prosecutors...
View ArticleJohn Short fatally shot a block from his home in Back of the Yards
John Short died after he was shot Wednesday evening in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.The 23-year-old was in an alley in the 1100 block of West 51st Street about 7:30 p.m. when...
View ArticleMan charged with fatal shooting of Eric Washington in University Village
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Eric Washington earlier this year in University Village on the Near West Side.Dejon Curtis | Chicago PoliceDejon Curtis faces two counts of...
View ArticleAdrian Jeffries of Holland, Michigan, shot to death in West Englewood
Adrian Jeffries, a 44-year-old Michigan man, was shot to death late Saturday in West Englewood.Jeffries was standing on a sidewalk about 11:05 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Throop when someone got...
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