Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A violent and bloody start to 2016 continued with at least 10 people killed by gunfire in Chicago last week, bringing the death toll from firearms to 30 in the first 17 days of the new year. A 39-year-old man was fatally shot in a Northwest Side alley Sunday … Read more →

Seventeen-year-old George Anderson died about 12 hours after being shot in an East Garfield Park drive-by Thursday evening on the West Side. Anderson was walking in the 3000 block of West Harrison about 5:30 p.m. when an SUV pulled up and someone inside shot him in the back and abdomen, according to Chicago Police and … Read more →

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed as he stood on the street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Thursday night. About 10:30 p.m. Thursday, the man was standing on the sidewalk in the 6300 block of South Francisco Avenue when another male walked up and fired several shots at him, police News Affairs Officer Jose … Read more →