Homicide Watch Chicago

By LUKE WILUSZ Chicago Sun-Times Wire A gang member already in custody for a 2012 murder is now the second person to be charged with robbing and killing 68-year-old Cayetano Sandoval as he was returning home from work in Logan Square in late 2013. Mario Ortega, 20; and Joshua Johnson, 23, approached Sandoval after he … Read more →

Joshua Johnson / Photo from Chicago Police BY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-Times An alleged gang member has been charged with murder after prosecutors said him and a friend fatally shot a 68-year-old man during a 2013 robbery in the Logan Square neighborhood. Joshua Johnson, 23, was nabbed at the Rolling Meadows courthouse on Friday when … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Nine people were shot to death and one person was fatally stabbed in homicides throughout the city last week. At least one of the deaths is believed to be domestic in nature, while another was a store owner defending himself against an alleged armed robber, police said. The … Read more →

A 68-year-old man was shot to death during an attempted robbery in the Logan Square neighborhood early Thursday. Cayetano Sandoval was shot in the chest multiple times in the 1900 block of North Spaulding Avenue about 1:50 a.m., authorities said. Witnesses in a nearby bar told officers that two people tried to rob Sandoval, police … Read more →