Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago Chicago Police geared up for the Memorial Day weekend by adding more than 1,200 officers to the ranks for the unofficial start of summer. They also arrested dozens of suspected gang members, hoping to stem weekend violence by keeping them off the streets. And while the weekend started calmly, … Read more →

Eighteen-year-old Chastity Johnson was killed and a teenage boy wounded Thursday afternoon in an Avalon Park neighborhood shooting on the South Side. Johnson and a 17-year-old boy were walking about 2:30 p.m. in the 8100 block of South Kimbark, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Two people walked up to … Read more →