Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 16 people were killed last week in Chicago as the city’s homicide total edged closer to the 600 mark, a number not seen in decades. That number included seven people killed in a bloody 12-hour period starting just before 7 p.m. Friday and ending about 7 a.m. … Read more →

Two young men fatally shot in a drive-by Friday night in the West Side Austin neighborhood have been identified as Jamel Thomas and Jermale Richardson. About 8 p.m., Thomas, 18; and Richardson, 20, were standing next to a parked car in the 5500 block of West Congress Parkway. That’s when a grey car pulled up … Read more →