Homicide Watch Chicago

By FRANK MAIN, STEFANO ESPOSITO and SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times A jailhouse informant provided the key evidence that led to charges against the alleged triggerman in the execution of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee and the murder of Brianna Jenkins, law enforcement sources said Tuesday. An inmate in the Cook County Jail told authorities that Dwright Boone-Doty … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 9 people were killed in gun violence last week in Chicago, including a 3-year-old boy who died after being accidentally shot by his 6-year-old brother while playing cops and robbers with their dad’s illegal gun. Michael Santiago told a judge he bought the gun to protect himself … Read more →

Brianna Jenkins was killed and a man injured in a shooting in the Gresham neighborhood Sunday afternoon. Jenkins, 19, and the 20-year-old man were sitting in a car about 4:30 p.m. in the 7800 block of South Honore when someone walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →