By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire While it did not become official until Wednesday morning, this August has been the deadliest month in Chicago in nearly 20 years. En route to reaching that 80th homicide of the month this week, at least 22 people were homicide victims last week, including three girls 7 and younger …
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By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times An Army veteran was ordered held without bond Tuesday for allegedly shooting William Charles Smith to death during a robbery attempt in the South Loop over the weekend. Police were able to track 56-year-old Robert Burgess from watching surveillance video of him holding a semi-automatic gun and fleeing in a …
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William C. Smith was found dead in a South Loop alley Sunday morning, and a South Side man has been charged with his murder. Smith, 45, was found at 10:04 a.m. in an alley in the 1800 block of South Michigan with a gunshot wound to the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook …
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