Homicide Watch Chicago

Antonio Lampley has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for firing the gun that killed Derrius Drakes in a February incident in the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood. Lampley, 23, was charged Tuesday with felony involuntary manslaughter for the Feb. 25 shooting in the 11300 block of South Parnell, Chicago Police said. Drakes was shot in … Read more →

Derrius Drakes, 23, was fatally shot Feb. 25 in the Roseland community. Reader “Keebler Martinez” posted this about him: He definitely was on the ball [and] had just returned from the military, working going to school supporting his family and his son. He was doing great and we all [are] still proud of his maturity. Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Four men were shot to death throughout Chicago last week. All four killings happened last Wednesday, which was then followed by one of the city’s longest stretch without a murder so far this year. The killing started when police found 60-year-old Bernard Monroe shot in the head near … Read more →

Derrius Drakes was fatally shot in the Roseland neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Drakes, 23, was standing outside in the 11300 block of South Parnell Avenue when a gunman shot him in the back about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Drakes, of the 200 block of West 112th Street, took himself to Roseland Community Hospital, where he … Read more →