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 elderly South Side woman accused of shooting her husband, Booker T. Parrow, to death calmly listened to the allegations against her after she was slowly wheeled into court in a wheelchair for her bond hearing Friday. While she was in her husband’s studio apartment for a mere three minutes …
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By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After a 74-year-old South Side woman, who uses a walker, shot her 68-year-old husband Booker T. Parrow, she asked for an ambulance, prosecutors allege. For herself, not him. She said she felt sick after shooting someone, prosecutors said. When police arrested Sharnett Perkins-Parrow in connection with her husband’s shooting, she …
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