Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago At least 14 people were killed throughout Chicago last week. Seven of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 24 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killings happened minutes apart on the West Side. A 53-year-old man was fatally shot in the 4900 block … Read more →

BY SAM CHALRES Chicago Sun-Times After leaving his bloody footprints all over a Southwest Side murder scene where he’d butchered his aunt and cousin, a 20-year-old man was found two blocks away at his mother’s home, hiding in the closet, prosecutors said. Then Jose Guzman allegedly confessed that he’d killed his relatives “because he wanted … Read more →

Jose Guzman / Photo from Chicago Police Jose Guzman has been charged for his alleged role in a home invasion and arson that left two people dead last Thursday in the West Elsdon community. Guzman, 20, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, home invasion causing great bodily harm, aggravated arson causing bodily harm … Read more →

Carlos Herrera was found stabbed to death inside his burning West Elsdon home Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews found 22-year-old Carlos Herrera and 49-year-old Maria Herrera inside their home in the 3600 block of West 55th Place about 2:50 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. The blaze was initially reported as an explosion, but investigators later learned there … Read more →