BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor A parolee was held without bond Monday after prosecutors claim he fatally shot a 39-year-old man on a Back of the Yards porch Friday night. Witnesses told police they saw Cliffon Johnson, 28, walked towards a house in the 5400 block of South Hoyne Avenue where 39-year-old Charles … Read more →
BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least eight people were killed by violence throughout Chicago last week. Four of the victims were shot dead over the weekend, when at least 29 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent murder happened when police found a 36-year-old man shot in the street in … Read more →
Cliffon Johnson / Photo from Chicago Police Cliffon Johnson has been charged with murder in the Back of the Yards shooting death of 39-year-old Charles Wright Friday night. Wright was shot in the abdomen in the 5300 block of South Hoyne Avenue about 11:30 p.m. Friday, authorities said. Wright, of the 3100 block of West … Read more →
Suspected in the Oct. 24, 2014 death of Charles Wright.
Photo credit: Cliffon Johnson / Photo from Chicago Police
