Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire It was another violent week in Chicago, with at least 10 people killed last week, including three in the West Austin neighborhood alone. The death toll included a 2-month-old girl whose death in the Humboldt Park neighborhood was ruled a homicide by child abuse; and a popular local rapper … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Prosecutors claim well-known Chicago rapper Walter Long Jr., who was stabbed to death in the Fulton Market District earlier this week, knew his assailant and had a previous run-in with the suspect’s friend. Long–who performed most recently as “dinnerwithjohn”–had gotten into a prior altercation with Kevin Alexander’s friend and the … Read more →