Homicide Watch Chicago

BY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times Media An alleged gang member has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to accidentally shooting a friend while waving a gun during a Fourth of July celebration. Richard Magnan, 35, pleaded guilty to being an armed habitual criminal and involuntary manslaughter Monday before Judge Matthew Coghlan, … Read more →

Richard Magnan / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times An accused gang member who told police he keeps a gun to protect himself from rivals accidentally shot and killed a member of his own gang while waving that weapon around outside a Southwest Side Walgreens over the Fourth of July weekend, Cook … Read more →