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 →

Seventeen-year-old Husain Parr died several hours after being shot Thursday evening in a South Side Englewood neighborhood drive-by. About 7 p.m., Parr was walking in the 7000 block of South Princeton when someone in a dark-colored SUV opened fire, hitting him in the chest and both legs, Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →