Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A purported gang member already awaiting trial for another murder has been charged in the deadly shooting that claimed the life of 7-year-old Amari Brown last July 4th weekend. Amari was killed after watching fireworks with his father on the sidewalk shortly before midnight in Humboldt Park in the 1100 … Read more →

A 20-year-old man has been charged with a shooting that left Courtney Jackson dead and another man seriously injured in the West Side Humboldt Park neighborhood earlier this year. Jamal D. Joiner was charged late Thursday with one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder for the April 17 shooting that left … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Seven people were killed throughout Chicago last week. The victims included a 58-year-old woman who was found strangled, a 50-year-old restaurant owner and a downstate woman. Five of the slayings happened over the weekend, when at least 30 others were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killings happened … Read more →

Courtney Jackson was killed, and another man was wounded, was gunfire erupted in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Friday night. The men were inside a car in the 1100 block of North Springfield Avenue when a gunman walked up and opened fire about 10:50 p.m., police said. Jackson, 36, of the 1400 block of North Lotus … Read more →