Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire The year is just past the halfway point, and if the number of homicides in Chicago continues at the current pace, it will reach a total not seen in 25 years. At least 12 more people were killed in Chicago last week, brining the total to more than 375 … Read more →

A west suburban man has been charged with shooting a man to death less than a block from his South Shore neighborhood home Tuesday evening. Anthony J. Nicholas, 38, was standing outside about 6:40 p.m. in the 6700 block of South East End Avenue when 33-year-old Andrew Smith walked up, opened fire and then ran … Read more →

Anthony J. Nicholas was fatally shot less than a block from his home in the South Shore neighborhood Tuesday evening. Nicholas, 38, was standing outside about 6:40 p.m. in the 6700 block of South East End Avenue when another male walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →