Homicide Watch Chicago

By ANDY GRIMM Chicago Sun-Times While crime does not respect municipal boundaries, police agencies in Cook County have no uniform way to compare crime data or trace weapons used in crime, according to a report from a county task force on gun violence. The wide-ranging report, released Wednesday after 10 months of research and public … Read more →

By JON SEIDEL and MITCH DUDEK Chicago Sun-Times A teenage boy and a teenage girl have been charged with the fatal shooting of Congressman Danny Davis’ 15-year-old grandson Javon Wilson in Englewood Friday evening. Tariq Harris, 16; and Dijae Banks, 17, were denied bond Saturday. Both were charged as adults with first-degree murder and home … Read more →

Javon Wilson, the teenage grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, was shot to death over what police called an arugment over sneakers in his Englewood home Friday evening. The shooting happened about 6:45 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Princeton, according to Chicago Police. Wilson, 14, was inside his home when two people broke … Read more →