Homicide Watch Chicago

Leonore Draper was fatally shot outside her West Pullman home after attending a Friday night fundraiser to end gun violence. Reader “moe” posted this about the shooting: Mere words are not enough in this moment. I grew up in that community and still have family there. What are we doing people? We can’t expect to … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Eight people were murdered throughout Chicago last week, raising the city’s homicide total to nearly 100. Five of the eight killings happened over the weekend, which also saw 35 other people wounded by gunfire. The most recent murder happened when 40-year-old Cicero resident Benito Juarez was stabbed during … Read more →

BY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-Times Nearly an hour after leaving a fundraiser to fight gun violence, a West Pullman woman was shot to death outside her home Friday night. Leonore Draper, 32, was found shot inside her car in the 11500 block of South Laflin Street about 10:30 p.m., authorities said. Family members on Saturday … Read more →