Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A South Side woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for stabbing her boyfriend, Damani Chenier, to death during an argument in her Hyde Park apartment in 2014. Shawanda Swain was found guilty of second-degree murder after a bench trial on June 30 before Judge Dennis Porter, … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least eight men were murdered throughout Chicago last week. Three of the victims were fatally shot over the weekend, when at least 17 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when 20-year-old Juan Mercado was shot while sitting on a front porch in … Read more →

BY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-Times A Hyde Park woman was ordered held on $500,000 bond Saturday after prosecutors said she fatally stabbed her boyfriend during an early Thursday argument. Prosecutors said Shawanda Swain, 21, was arguing with Damani Chenier inside Swain’s apartment in the 5100 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard. During the argument, Swain … Read more →

Shawanda Swain / Photo from Chicago Police Shawanda Swain has been charged with murder in early Thursday stabbing death of Damani Chenier in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Chenier, 23, was stabbed in the chest during the fight inside a home in the 5100 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard about 3:10 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. … Read more →

Damani Chenier was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute in the Hyde Park neighborhood early Thursday. Chenier, 23, was stabbed in the chest during the fight inside a home in the 5100 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard about 3:10 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Chenier, of the 10000 block of South Vernon Avenue, died … Read more →