By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-TImes Charges were upgraded against a South Side man a few months after Corey Strothers Jr., the teenage boy he’s accused of shooting in Englewood, died. Strothers was only 15 in December 2015 when Swonn Herron put a bullet in his neck in the 5900 block of South Princeton Avenue, Cook …
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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 MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire Corey Strothers Jr. was only 15 when he was shot last December near his home in the Englewood neighborhood. He was 16 years old when he died from those wounds on Friday. Strothers, then 15, was injured in a Dec. 22, 2015, shooting in the 5900 block of South …
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