Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been charged with murder for fatally beating his friend, Algie Ferguson, during an argument over money in an elevator in a Rogers Park apartment building on the North Side last month. Phalyon McFarthing, 46, was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 21 people died from violence last week in Chicago, as shooting and murder totals continue to soar in the new year. One of the fatal shootings may be ruled self-defense after a man was killed while allegedly breaking into a home and attacking a woman. ANother man … Read more →

By ALEXANDA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times Wire Sixty-one-year-old man Algie Ferguson died Thursday after he was assaulted in an elevator in the Rogers Park neighborhood about a week earlier. At 11:45 p.m. Jan. 23, Ferguson was arguing with 45-year-old Phalyon McFarthing in an elevator in the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road when McFarthing hit, kicked … Read more →