Homicide Watch Chicago

By BRITTANY REYES Homicide Watch Chicago A knock on the door on the morning of March 4 surprised Shapearl Wells, and when Chicago Police officers told her to call Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center about her son, Courtney Copeland, she knew something was wrong. “My heart immediately dropped because police don’t just come to your … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Despite the first weekend of the year in which there were no fatal shootings, at least seven people died from violence last week in Chicago. And while that number is unacceptable, it was the lowest number of murders in the city since the week of New Year’s, when only … Read more →

Courtney Copeland walked to a couple of police officers sitting in front of 25th District headquarters in Belmont Cragin early Friday and told them he’d been shot. He was dead 45 minutes later. About 1:15 a.m., the 22-year-old west suburban resident got out of a car in the 5500 block of West Grand Avenue and … Read more →