Homicide Watch Chicago

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire A Tennessee man is the third person charged in connection with a botched 2014 home invasion in Norwood Park that left homeowner Desmond Gunawardana, and their alleged accomplice Miran Cerimagic, dead. Brandon Perkins, 22, was arrested on a first-degree murder warrant Wednesday for the Sept. 5, 2014, incident in … Read more →

Desmond Gunawardana was fatally stabbed during a Sept. 5 home invasion in the Norwood Park community that also left an alleged robber dead. Reader “Adam” posted this about Gunawardana: I can’t even believe that Des is gone! I did not even have a chance to say goodbye! Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago A man and woman were each held without bond for their alleged roles in a deadly home invasion gone bad that left both a resident and one of their accomplices dead. Brittney Mitchell believed an acquaintance, Desmond Gunawardana, had “large amounts of narcotics stashed in his residence” and formulated … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least 10 people were killed in slayings throughout Chicago last week. One man was stabbed to death and six people were fatally shot over the weekend, when 19 others were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when a restaurant security guard shot and killed an … Read more →