Homicide Watch Chicago

James Jones has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Demarcus Boswell last month in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Jones, 18, was also charged with attempted murder in the June 19 shooting in the 2800 block of West 71s Street. Authorities said Boswell was walking on a sidewalk with a group of people … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least seven people were shot to death last week throughout Chicago. Five of the murders happened over the weekend, when 21 other people were shot and wounded. All the weekend slayings happened on the South Side. The last murder of the weekend happened about 7:20 p.m. Sunday … Read more →

Demarcus Boswell was fatally shot Thursday evening in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Boswell, 18, was in the 2800 block of West 71st Street when he was shot in the face and chest about 4:50 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Boswell, of the 3300 block of West 65th Street, died at Holy Cross Hospital less than an … Read more →