Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Even unseasonably cold weather didn’t stop the violence last week in Chicago, where at least 11 people were fatally shot and another man was stabbed to death. A 13th fatality, also linked to gun violence, was a man who died six years after being shot on the West Side. … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A group of ministers who had called for Easter to be a “day without murder” technically got what they wanted—there were no fatalities among a dozen shootings Sunday; but there were still at least eight men fatally shot last week, including three on Wednesday. The Rev. Karen Mooney, one … Read more →

A man killed in a shooting that left three other people wounded Monday night in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side has been identified as Marcus Smith. The victims were traveling westbound in a car in the 2000 block of West 70th Place at 8:49 p.m. when someone opened fire, authorities said. Smith, … Read more →