Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Eight people were murdered throughout Chicago last week, raising the city’s homicide total to nearly 100. Five of the eight killings happened over the weekend, which also saw 35 other people wounded by gunfire. The most recent murder happened when 40-year-old Cicero resident Benito Juarez was stabbed during … Read more →

Demario Collins memorial / Photo by Emily Brosious Demario Collins was killed in a Wednesday afternoon shooting that left two others wounded in the North Lawndale neighborhood. The three were in a vehicle in the 1600 block of South St. Louis Avenue when three gunmen fired in their direction at 3:07 p.m., police said. Collins, … Read more →