Homicide Watch Chicago

By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Albertano Medrano, shot as he and his wife drove to the grocery Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Victor Vazquez faces one felony count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. About … Read more →

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 →

A 44-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in the Back of the Yards neighborhood as he and his wife drove to the store to get groceries. About 4 p.m., Albertano Medrano was driving in the 4500 block of South Hermitage when three people in a white van began to harass him, according to Chicago … Read more →