Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times James Green was sitting in an Austin neighborhood social club in February when Edward Flowers came up and punched him in the face. Green wasn’t going to let Flowers get away with the slight, Cook County prosecutors said Thursday. So as Flowers began walking away about 12:30 a.m. on Feb. … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 17 people were killed in violence in Chicago in the last week, including one of the most shocking crimes in the city in recent memory in which six members of the same family, including two young boys, were found slain in a home that one responding police … Read more →

Edward Flowers of west suburban Cicero was shot to death early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. in the 500 block of South Cicero, Chicago Police said. He was found outside the back door of a business. The 42-year-old Flowers was shot in the upper torso and was … Read more →