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 →

Joshua Bates was killed Monday afternoon in a drive-by shooting in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. At 4:17 p.m., the 24-year-old was sitting in a vehicle in the 5700 block of South Artesian, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A dark-colored SUV pulled up and a passenger … Read more →