Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 28 people died from violence last week, including 10 over a bloody weekend that pushed the city’s murder total closer to the 700 mark than it has been in many years. The week’s total, more reminiscent of a summer weekend that early November, brought the 2016 homicide … Read more →

Francisco Guzman was shot to death Thursday evening in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood. The 19-year-old was shot in the head at 6:20 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Laflin, Chicago Police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Guzman, … Read more →