Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire If you wanted a perfect example of the epidemic of violence on Chicago’s streets this year, look no farther than the Southwest Side Brainerd neighborhood last weekend. On Saturday, a man was shot to death while standing outside his own home. On Sunday, while neighbors were conducting a memorial … Read more →

Dequan Trimble and Charles Smith, both 22, were killed, and three other people were wounded in a shooting Monday night in the Lawndale neighborhood. About 10:45 p.m., the group was standing on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of West Lexington when someone in a silver minivan opened fire, according to Chicago Police. Smith was … Read more →

By JORDAN OWEN and MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire Breanna Patterson and her armed boyfriend, Charles Smith, broke into a West Englewood home early Sunday trying to get information about a robbery, according to Cook County prosecutors. Minutes later, Smith was shot dead by Chicago Police, and now, Patterson is charged with his murder. Patterson, … Read more →

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT and JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A woman has been charged with murder for the death of Charles Smith, who was shot by Chicago Police during an alleged home invasion early Sunday in the former home of Bulls star Derrick Rose in the West Englewood neighborhood. Breanna Patterson, 20, was charged with … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 21 people died from violence last week in Chicago, as shooting and murder totals continue to soar in the new year. One of the fatal shootings may be ruled self-defense after a man was killed while allegedly breaking into a home and attacking a woman. ANother man … Read more →