Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire The death of Jessica Williams, a 16-year-old who suffered a fatal asthma attack after witnessing a shooting that left two people dead and two more injured at a party in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in July, has been ruled a homicide. The gunfire erupted following a dispute … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 19 people were victims of violence in Chicago last week, and while there were fewer homicides in July that in June, according to Chicago Police statistics, the city is still a large in increase over last year. There were 65 homicides in Chicago in July, according to … Read more →

By DANIEL BROWN Chicago Sun-Times Wire Denzel M. Childs and Kayana Q. Armond were killed, and two other people were wounded in a shooting early Thursday at a Back of the Yards neighborhood block party in memory of another shooting victim. A teenage girl who witnessed the shooting suffered an asthma attack and later died. … Read more →