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 →

Jesse C. Montes de Oca was fatally shot Sunday night on the block where he lived in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The 31-year-old was standing in a backyard about 11 p.m. in the 3500 block of West 38th Place, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A … Read more →