Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 16 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, capped by a bloody Sunday during which five were killed. And the murder total could rise, pending autopsy results on two bodies found inside a burning van on the Southwest Side. The week’s final homicide was a … Read more →

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After Terrance Meredith shot his fiancee Othijah Mooney in front of their 10-year-old daughter, he tried to persuade the girl that her mother was just “playing,” Cook County prosecutors said. But then the victim, who had fallen onto the bed, started making gagging noises. So this time, the 43-year-old Meredith … Read more →

A man has been charged with shooting Othijah “Otha” Mooney to death during a domestic dispute early Monday in her home in the Roseland neighborhood. Terrance Meredith, 43, faces one count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Officers responding about 12:30 a.m. to a call of a person shot at a home in the … Read more →