Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago A week that started out with about four full days without a homicide suddenly exploded into a bloodbath when four shootings left eight people dead in a matter of 24 hours in the South Shore neighborhood, and by the time it ended, 18 lives were lost to violence in … Read more →

Sixteen-year-old Darmayah Smith, known to friends as “Bug,” died nine hours after he was shot Wednesday evening near his home in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. The boy was walking at 6:23 p.m. in the 11000 block of South Edbrooke when someone approached on foot and opened fire, according to Chicago Police … Read more →