Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANNA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A West Side man was ordered held without bond Friday after being charged with murdering 14-year-old Marcus McCarty in Austin last summer. Cook County Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil noted the facial expressions 18-year-old Michael Anderson made in court showed that “he did not care” about the allegations against him in … Read more →

BY KALEY FOWLER Homicide Watch Chicago Marcus McCarty was looking forward to his first day of high school, his family said. But Marcus, 14, never got the chance to walk those halls after being shot Aug. 24 in the 1100 block of North Leclaire Avenue in the Austin community, authorities said. Marcus died about an … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Twelve people were killed in shootings throughout Chicago last week. Five of the killings happened over the weekend, when 42 other people were wounded by gunfire, authorities said. Overall, three of the 12 victims were boys 14 years old or younger. The most recent murder happened when 14-year-old … Read more →

A 14-year-old boy was shot to death Sunday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood. Marcus McCarty was in the 1100 block of North Leclaire Avenue when two males approached and one shot him in the back at 2:52 p.m., authorities said. After the shooting, the pair got into a dark Infiniti and drove away, police said. … Read more →