Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Tyrell Birmingham was denied bond Saturday for allegedly opening fire on a group of people gathered on an Austin neighborhood porch — killing Damion Bryant last month on the West Side. Bryant was socializing on a front porch of a home in the 5200 block of West Quincy … Read more →

Damion Bryant was fatally shot July 11 in the Austin neighborhood. Reader “Matt Rega” posted this about him: Wooooow!!!! My brother from another mother. My favorite customer. My heart goes out to his mother Tangie, his sisters, and the many others that Damion knew. Gonna miss you big homie Read more →

BY EMILY BROSIOUS AND KALEY FOWLER Homicide Watch Chicago Many Austin neighborhood youths considered area business owner Damion Bryant a role model, friends said. “Everybody looked up to him,” said friend Deangelo Henderson. “All the young guys including myself looked up to him.” Bryant, 32, was fatally shot in the head during a drive-by shooting … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Twelve people died last week from shootings throughout Chicago. Three of the shootings happened early last Monday at the end of a bloody Independence Day weekend that saw 13 people killed and 58 others wounded by gunfire. The last shooting of the week happened when a gunman walked … Read more →

Damion Bryant was killed in possible drive-by shooting in the Austin neighborhood Friday night that left three other people wounded. Bryant, 32, was shot in the head just after 8 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Quincy Street and died at the scene, authorities said. He lived on the block. Three other people were … Read more →