Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire The year is just past the halfway point, and if the number of homicides in Chicago continues at the current pace, it will reach a total not seen in 25 years. At least 12 more people were killed in Chicago last week, brining the total to more than 375 … Read more →

Seventeen-year-old Darrell Peden was fatally shot Monday night just two blocks from his home in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Officers responding about 9:25 p.m. to a call of a person shot in the 4400 block of West West End Avenue found the teen lying in the street with gunshot wounds to the torso, according … Read more →