Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES and TOM SCHUBA Chicago Sun-Times Wire An 18-year-old charged with killing Lamanta Reese last month in a gang-related shooting in the South Side Englewood neighborhood was ordered held on $1 million bond Friday. Quinton Gates faces first-degree murder charges for the May 23 shooting of the 19-year-old Reese in the 700 block … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago Chicago Police geared up for the Memorial Day weekend by adding more than 1,200 officers to the ranks for the unofficial start of summer. They also arrested dozens of suspected gang members, hoping to stem weekend violence by keeping them off the streets. And while the weekend started calmly, … Read more →

Lamanta Reese was shot to death Tuesday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Witnesses to the shooting told police that a male suspect with a handgun fired shots at the 19-year-old Reese at 7:47 p.m. in the 700 block of West Marquette Road, Chicago Police and Cook County medical examiner’s office said. … Read more →