Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Federal official announced this week they will be sending another 20 ATF Police officers to Chicago to help slow the wave of gun violence that does not seem to have slowed from last year’s deadly pace. Another 14 people died last week and the city’s homicide total stood at … Read more →

On Friday night, Chicago Police found 28-year-old Ira Johnson lying on a sidewalk after being shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Two days later, he died. About 11:55 p.m. Friday, officers responding to a call of shots fired in the 5800 block of West Ohio found Johnson on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound … Read more →