Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN and JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Another 10 people died from violence last week in Chicago as Chicago Police Department efforts to curtail violence—after a year in which homicides reached levels not seen in decades—seem to be falling short so far. One month into the new year, the numbers of shootings and … Read more →

Giovanni Lopez was shot to death Monday afternoon in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Officers responding to a shooting about 4:30 p.m. found the 20-year-old on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the lower body near 51st and Ridgeway, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Lopez … Read more →