Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A 17-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in the fatal drive-by shooting of Alexander Townsend after the surviving 16-year-old victim identified him and then recently saw him at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, prosecutors said Tuesday. The 16-year-old boy told his mother that Jalen Hibbler shot at … Read more →

Eighteen-year-old Alexander Townsend was killed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning while walking home from school in the South Shore neighborhood. The shooting happened at 10:21 a.m. in the 2600 block of East 75th Street, according to Chicago Police. Townsend had just crossed the street when a black vehicle drove past and someone inside fired … Read more →