Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to gunning down Demarco Lyons more than two years ago in Englewood. Nevada Hicks, 20, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of first-degree murder, according to Cook County court records. Lyons, 22, was walking with … Read more →

Nevada Hicks / Photo from Chicago Police BY JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times A Dunbar High School student was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly gunning down Demarco Lyons last month in Englewood. Nevada Hicks, 18, was charged with one count of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Lyons in the 300 block of West 60th … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Five people were shot to death throughout the city last week, and a 2-year-old girl was killed by a dog in a death ruled a homicide by child abuse. Chicago also went four days without a murder last week, the longest period without a murder since Nov. 7 … Read more →

Demarco Lyons was shot to death on an Englewood sidewalk Sunday afternoon. Lyons, 22, was walking in the 300 block of West 60th Place when an unidentified gunman approached and shot him once in the chest about 2:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. The shooter fled in a gray four-door vehicle, police said. Lyons, of the … Read more →