Homicide Watch Chicago

Nicholas Heisler / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A third man from Indiana was ordered held without bond Thursday for his alleged role in the murder of a retired Chicago Police sergeant last spring. Like his alleged cohorts, 20-year-old Nicholas Heisler, of Hammond, Ind., is facing murder and home invasion charges … Read more →

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A 16-year-old Indiana boy was ordered held without bond Wednesday for his alleged role in the murder of an elderly retired Chicago Police sergeant. While his mother sat next to him, Jeremy Mendez admitted to detectives that he forced himself into 73-year-old Elmer Brown’s home the night of the incident … Read more →

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times After Jesse Kazmierski and two others robbed a retired Chicago Police sergeant during a deadly home invasion on the Far South Side, he admitted “We did something stupid,” Cook County prosecutors said. Believing 73-year-old Elmer Brown and his wife had a lot of money in a safe, the three drove … Read more →

Police are offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information about two people who shot retired Chicago Police sergeant Elmer Brown during a home invasion earlier this month, leading to his death two weeks later. On March 10, at about 11:45 p.m., the 73-year-old Brown was shot when two people forced their way into … Read more →

Retired Chicago Police sergeant Elmer Brown died Monday, about two weeks after he was shot during a home invasion in the East Side neighborhood on the Southeast Side. Brown was pronounced dead at 3:22 a.m. Monday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. On March 10, … Read more →