By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-Times A man charged with the murder of 21-year-old nursing student Daysha Wright was ordered held without bond Friday. Travion Lockett, 21, was arrested in Milwaukee on a murder warrant for the March 9 Near West Side slaying of Wright, who had a 2-year-old son, Cook County prosecutors said at a …
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By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 11 people were fatally shot in Chicago last week, and another man was stabbed to death as the city’s homicide total climbed to over 125 just 10 weeks into the year. Sixteen-year-old Percy Julian High student Andre Taylor was shot to death Sunday night in the Rosemoor …
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By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A candlelight vigil was held Wednesday evening at the scene where aspiring nurse Daysha Wright was fatally shot earlier in the day. About 100 people gathered just east of the corner of Maypole and Hoyne on the Near West Side to mourn the loss of the 21-year-old. Dozens of …
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Daysha Wright, a young mother from the South Side, was shot to death early Wednesday while riding in a car that later crashed in the West Town neighborhood. The 21-year-old Wright was a passenger in a vehicle in the 2100 block of West Maypole about 12:10 a.m. when someone fired shots and she was struck …
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