Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire If you wanted a perfect example of the epidemic of violence on Chicago’s streets this year, look no farther than the Southwest Side Brainerd neighborhood last weekend. On Saturday, a man was shot to death while standing outside his own home. On Sunday, while neighbors were conducting a memorial … Read more →

LaShawn Carr, a 33-year-old father, was shot to death just three blocks from his home in the Englewood neighborhood Monday evening. Carr was on a sidewalk in the 900 block of West 58th Street when a light-colored car pulled up and someone inside it shot him in the back about 6:45 p.m., according to Chicago … Read more →