Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 9 people died from violence last week, including a 1-month-old baby whose death in Englewood was ruled a homicide by child abuse, as Chicago’s 2016 murder total neared 750. As of Wednesday morning, there have been at least 741 homicides in Chicago this year, according to Chicago … Read more →

A man who was fatally shot Monday afternoon in the West Side Austin neighborhood has been identified as 37-year-old Lafayette Montgomery. Montgomery was inside a vehicle in the 1700 block of North Long about 2 p.m. when someone in a beige vehicle fired multiple shots, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s … Read more →