Homicide Watch Chicago

At least 8 people were killed in Chicago the week of August 28-Septmerber 03, including four on the first three days of the long Labor Day holiday weekend. The final homicide of the week was also the 470th in the city this year, well below the same date in 2016, when the 500th homicide of … Read more →

Monticello Scott and John Smith were shot to death Thursday afternoon in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side. Scott, 26, and Smith, 24, were outside about 3:20 p.m. near Scott’s home in the 1400 block of South Springfield, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. That’s when someone got out … Read more →