Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago During a week when the city’s attention was captivated by the video of the police shooting of LaQuan McDonald, and the subsequent protests; at least 11 people were killed in violence in Chicago. At least eight of those deaths occurred during a bloody Thanksgiving weekend during which nearly 30 … Read more →

A Thanksgiving Day shooting left Jontaye Walker dead in the West Ridge neighborhood on the North Side. Walker, 23, was standing outside in the 2200 block of West Thome Avenue about 1:15 p.m. when someone got out of a vehicle nearby, walked up and opened fire, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical … Read more →