Homicide Watch Chicago

By ASHLEE REZIN and STEFANO ESPOSITO Chicago Sun-Times A man has charged with fatally shooting Chiquita Ford and Brian Fields last year in a Back of the Yards neighborhood gas station parking lot on the South Side is being held without bond. Lorenzo Parish faces two counts of first-degree murder for the Oct. 28 shooting, … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 27 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including 17 in the deadliest weekend of the year in Chicago. The death toll included a 14-year-old honor student, and twin 17-year-old boys. At least 17 people, including four teenagers, were killed and 41 people were wounded in … Read more →

By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times Wire Brian Fields was nearly killed in March when he was shot while posting a video on Facebook Live. On Friday he wasn’t so lucky, as he and Chiquita Ford were killed when someone opened fire on the car they were sitting in at a Back of the Yards gas … Read more →