A man whose attorney said he was mentally unstable has been charged with the fatal beating of his brohter, 53-year-old man Jerry Lee Cummings, last fall in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. Robert Cummings, 47, of the 7600 block of South Marquette, faces one count of first-degree murder, and was ordered held on … Read more →
By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire If you wanted a perfect example of the epidemic of violence on Chicago’s streets this year, look no farther than the Southwest Side Brainerd neighborhood last weekend. On Saturday, a man was shot to death while standing outside his own home. On Sunday, while neighbors were conducting a memorial … Read more →
A man found beaten to death in a vehicle Thursday afternoon in Austin has been identified as 53-year-old Jerry Lee Cummings. About 1:10 p.m., Cummings was found unresponsive, with multiple injuries including his groin, inside a vehicle near his home in the 200 block of North Lockwood, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County … Read more →
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