Homicide Watch Chicago

BY LEEANN SHELTON Sun-Times Media An alleged gang member has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to accidentally shooting a friend while waving a gun during a Fourth of July celebration. Richard Magnan, 35, pleaded guilty to being an armed habitual criminal and involuntary manslaughter Monday before Judge Matthew Coghlan, … Read more →

Joel Bentley was fatally shot July 5 in a Clearing neighborhood parking lot. Reader “LaShanda” posted this about him: Joel was a man who’s life was deserving of a better summary than all the stories I’ve read and it has been over a month. Joel’s past may not have been one without many faults and … Read more →

Richard Magnan / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times An accused gang member who told police he keeps a gun to protect himself from rivals accidentally shot and killed a member of his own gang while waving that weapon around outside a Southwest Side Walgreens over the Fourth of July weekend, Cook … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Fourteen people were shot to death last week throughout Chicago. Nine of the murders happened during the three-day holiday weekend, when at least 60 other people shot and wounded. Additionally, man and woman were fatally shot early Monday. Their identifies have not yet been released. On Sunday, 23-year-old … Read more →

Joel Bentley was fatally shot in a Walgreens parking lot early Saturday in the Clearing neighborhood. Bentley, 30, was in the parking lot on the southwest corner of West 63rd Street and South Austin Avenue when he was shot in the abdomen just before 1 a.m., police said. Bentley, 30, of the 5000 block of … Read more →