WEEK IN REVIEW: Six killed in Chicago violence

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Four people were shot to death, one man was fatally stabbed and another was beaten and strangled last week in Chicago. Three of the six murder victims were fatally shot over the weekend, when at least 19 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened … Read more →

Three charged in Jefferson Park beating death of Joseph Kaman

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A 45-year-old homeless man was strangled, beaten and sodomized by three other vagrants because one of the attackers thought he had stolen his cell phone, prosecutors said Friday. After Joseph Kaman was repeatedly stomped on, he was thrown into a Dumpster on the Northwest Side sometime between Monday night and … Read more →

Todd Cooper

  • Arrested: Oct. 15, 2014
  • Age: 35
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Suspected in the Oct. 14, 2014 death of Joseph Kaman.

Photo credit: Todd Cooper / Photo from Chicago Police