Homicide Watch Chicago

BY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times Media A Rogers Park man awaiting trial on gun charges was ordered held without bond Monday after authorities said DNA linked him to a unrelated 2013 attack where a man was fatally shot 11 times at close range while sleeping. Ian Armstrong, 29, was charged with first-degree murder for the May … Read more →

Ian Armstrong / Photo from Chicago Police BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor A Rogers Park man has been charged with murder for a fatal 2013 Memorial Day weekend shooting in the Kenwood neighborhood. Chicago Police said 29-year-old Ian Armstrong was identified through DNA as a “participant” in a May 25, 2013, murder in … Read more →

Six people were killed and at least 23 wounded in violence across Chicago since Friday evening. Chicago police said the weekend’s gun violence represents a significant drop compared with Memorial Day Weekend in 2012, when shootings throughout the city killed 10 people and hurt 47 others. —>The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in … Read more →