Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 16 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, capped by a bloody Sunday during which five were killed. And the murder total could rise, pending autopsy results on two bodies found inside a burning van on the Southwest Side. The week’s final homicide was a … Read more →

Malik Philpot was chased and fatally shot Thursday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Philpot, 20, was on the street about 10:35 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Washington when a group of people approached him and started shooting, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He ran away … Read more →