Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 21 people died from violence in the bloodiest week of the year last week in Chicago, including three members of the same family who were shot to death in their home by a man who later took his own life in a standoff with police. Also killed … Read more →

A man killed in a drive-by shooting that also left another man wounded late Friday in the University Village neighborhood has been identified as Mark Vargas. The men, both 21, were standing on a sidewalk in the 1200 block of West Grenshaw about 11:45 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored van fired shots, according to … Read more →