Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 11 people were homicide victims in Chicago last week, including a 66-year-old man fatally struck by a vehicle as the driver was speeding away from a traffic stop. And that number could go up as authorities investigate a suspicious fire that claimed two lives in Garfield Ridge, … Read more →

DeJaun Pitchford was on the block where he lived in Chatham early Sunday when the 16-year-old was killed and another teenager injured in a shooting, police said. The teens were standing on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Ingleside about 1 a.m. when someone approached on foot and fired shots at them, Chicago … Read more →