Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Just an hour after John “Buck” Buckner purchased a new Dodge Charger, he was gunned down in front of his Morgan Park home, where friends and his 11-year-old grandson gathered to admire his new ride, Cook County prosecutors said Friday. Buckner, a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department, was … Read more →

An 18-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting John “Buck” Buckner, a civilian employee of the Chicago Police Department, last month outside his Morgan Park neighborhood home. William Cochran was charged early Friday with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm for the shooting death of the 59-year-old Buckner on Sept. 16, according … Read more →