Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Two people were shot to death, and two others were fatally stabbed, last week in Chicago. Two more people also died last week from violent injuries suffered earlier this year, authorities said. The most recent slaying happened when 13-year-old Anthony Diaz was fatally shot in the 6000 block … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Joshua Poe was ordered held without bond Friday after prosecutors claimed he shot his “good friend” Curtis Lyons after smoking synthetic marijuana Wednesday morning in the Ashburn community. Poe, 26, spent Wednesday morning smoking synthetic marijuana in the basement of his home in the 3100 block of West … Read more →

Joshua Poe / Photo from Chicago Police Joshua Poe has been charged with murder in an Ashburn shooting that left Curtis Lyons dead Wednesday afternoon. Poe, 26, is accused of shooting Lyons and another man during an argument in the 3100 block of West 84th Place about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Lyons, 20, of … Read more →

Curtis Lyons was fatally shot in an Ashburn shooting that left another man wounded Wednesday afternoon. The men were shot in the 3100 block of West 84th Place about 3:10 p.m., authorities said. Lyons, 20, of the 8000 block of South Richmond Street, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. … Read more →