Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Roberto Clemente High School student Frances Colon in 2013 in Humboldt Park. Larry Luellen Jr., 41, was convicted of the teen’s murder on June 23 following a jury trial before Judge Arthur Hill Jr., … Read more →

Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Sunday, February 24, 2013 Author/Byline: TINA SFONDELES AND BECKY SCHLIKERMAN ; Staff Reporters An anonymous tip — not the cooperation of a pastor’s son with knowledge of a murder — helped police nab a known gang-banger who allegedly gunned down an innocent teenager. Larry Luellen Jr ., 34, of Bolingbrook, was … Read more →

Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Friday, February 22, 2013 Author/Byline: MICHAEL SNEED ; Columnist A suspect was arrested late Thursday in the murder of 18-year-old Frances Colon , the third Roberto Clemente High School student shot to death this school year, a Chicago Police source said. The man, who is in his 40s, was arrested in … Read more →

Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - Saturday, February 23, 2013 Author/Byline: BY FRANK MAIN ; Staff Reporter A West Side pastor’s son has refused to cooperate with the police — even though investigators believe he was the intended target of a shooter whose errant bullet killed an innocent Clemente High School student, sources said. Police were holding … Read more →

Frances Colon, 18, a senior at Roberto Clemente High School, was gunned down Friday night in the 1100 block of North Pulaski. She was the unintended target of a shooter, Chicago Police said Sunday. Judith Vazquez, who serves on Clemente’s Local School Council, called Colon’s death tragic and denounced all the recent shootings in which … Read more →