Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least eight men were murdered throughout Chicago last week. Three of the victims were fatally shot over the weekend, when at least 17 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when 20-year-old Juan Mercado was shot while sitting on a front porch in … Read more →

Juan Mercado was shot to death in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood Sunday evening. Mercado, 25, was sitting on a front porch in the 2300 block of North Melvina Avenue when he was shot in the lower left side about 6:45 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. Mercado, of the 2200 block of North Mulligan Avenue, was taken … Read more →