By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Two nephews of an Illinois state senator were killed by a gangbanger friend upset at them for not intervening when he was beaten up and stripped of his clothing at a July Fourth block party on the South Side, Cook County prosecutors said Friday. When 19-year-old Deonte Logan lashed out … Read more →
Following the violent Fourth of July weekend that left 10 people killed and 55 wounded, numerous people are sending state Sen. Mattie Hunter of Chicago condolences on the death of her two nephews, John Hunter and Willie Hunter. One post reads, “My condolences Mattie” by John Adams. Another post reads, “sending healing prayers for heart. … Read more →
By JARED LANDSMAN and TRISTAN SIMS Homicide Watch Chicago Sixteen people were killed throughout Chicago last week, 11 of them over a violent Independence Day weekend,when the victims included a 7-year-old boy hot while watching fireworks in Humboldt Park on Saturday. Seven-year-old Amari Brown, who lived in the 500 block of North Drake, and a … Read more →
The Fourth of July weekend turned into an explosion of violence across Chicago, where shootings left 10 people dead — including a 7-year-old boy — and at least 53 others injured from Thursday evening to early Monday. Seven-year-old Amari Brown was killed in a shooting that also left a 26-year-old woman wounded late Saturday in … Read more →
John and Willie Hunter, brothers from Missouri and nephews of a local legislator, were fatally shot Sunday morning while sitting in an SUV in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. John Hunter, 25, and his 31-year-old brother Willie Hunter were nephews of state Sen. Mattie Hunter of Chicago. Originally from Chicago, they had … Read more →
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