Homicide Watch Chicago

By LEEANN SHELTON Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 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 summer of 2013. Abel Ruiz, 23, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder on May 21 after a four-day trial … Read more →

Latin Kings street gang member Abel Ruiz shot and killed a rival gang member this week after demanding the man renounce his own gang and “throw down the fork,” prosecutors said. The man he murdered, Brandon Cage, was shot in a Chicago Lawn street early Wednesday after he declined to do so, authorities said. On … Read more →