Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times A man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatally shooting his roommate—mother of four Carnesha Fort—at their West Garfield Park neighborhood home in 2014. Erick Sanders, 21, was found guilty of murder Dec. 13 after a bench trial before Judge Carol Howard, according to Cook County court … Read more →

Erick Sanders / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After allegedly gunning down his on-and-off roommate in her bedroom last month, Cook County prosecutors said a sweaty and nervous Erick Sanders repeatedly admitted to a friend that he “messed up” and asked his mother to drive him to Indiana. As the mother … Read more →

PHOTOS BY ALEX WROBLEWSKI For Chicago Sun-Times Carnesha Fort, 22, was fatally shot in her West Garfield Park home June 6. She was laid to rest on Monday. Read more →

Carnesha Fort was fatally shot this month inside her West Garfield Park home. Reader “Ahsha” posted this about the killing: I get tears in my eyes this is so close to home for me I watch this little girl grow up I know her children father aunties and uncles and cousins and grandmother it hurts … Read more →

BY JESSICA KOSCIELNIAK AND EMILY BROSIOUS Homicide Watch Chicago Carnesha Fort had the “heart of a lion”, her longtime boyfriend, Darnell “LA” Tubbs, said. Tubbs, 22, knew he found love in Carnesha Fort. Love that was supposed to last a lifetime. Fort, 22, was fatally shot at her home in the 100 block of North … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least seven people were murdered throughout Chicago last week — the city’s lowest homicide total in three weeks. All seven people were killed by gunfire. The deceased were six men and a woman. The seven killings are the lowest weekly total since five people were killed May … Read more →

Carnesha Fort was shot to death in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Friday night. Fort, 22, was shot in the 100 block of North Keeler Avenue about 10:45 p.m., authorities said. Fort, who lived on the block, died at Mount Sinai Hospital less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. … Read more →