Homicide Watch Chicago

At least 17 people were killed in violence the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1., with seven people killed on Friday alone, and a triple homicide that included a pregnant woman and her unborn daughter. The baby girl died Monday, four days after being delivered by her mother, Charnella Lemon, 20, who was fatally shot Friday … Read more →

By MATTHEW HENDRICKSON Chicago Sun-Times Wire Bond was denied for a 62-year-old man charged with fatally shooting Gregory Petty early Friday in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Kenneth Cooper faces a felony count of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of the 34-year-old Petty, Chicago Police said. Petty, a Humboldt Park … Read more →