Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire Two teenage boys have been charged with the fatal shooting of Djuan Williams last week in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Tiawyan McDade, 16, faces one count of first-degree murder, according to Cook County prosecutors. McDade’s accomplice, a 15-year-old boy, has been charged as a juvenile with first-degree murder. … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least eight people were killed in Chicago violence last week, including a woman shot while sitting in a cab on the South Side, and cab driver killed during an armed robbery on the North Side. A man and woman killed in separate shootings over the weekend pushed the … Read more →

Sixteen-year-old Djuan Williams was fatally shot while walking in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side Wednesday evening. The boy was walking in the 5300 block of West Huron about 6:12 p.m. when one or more people walked up and shot him in the chest, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. … Read more →