Marquis Banks, a 28-year-old father and all-around handyman, was shot to death after a group of men approached him in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Sunday evening. For Banks’ extended family, his death marks the second relative lost to gun violence this year. At about 9:30 p.m., Banks and at least one other man were standing …
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By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago As the temperatures started to heat up last week, the homicide total in CHicago jumped to 19 last week, matching the high for any week so far in 2017. And the year continues to keep pace with 2016’s total of about 780 homicides, the highest total in the city …
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Devonta Dorsey was shot to death Monday evening in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side. The 23-year-old was standing on the sidewalk about 7:40 p.m. in the 4400 block of South Shields, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Someone approached him on foot, fired a gun, then drove …
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