Homicide Watch Chicago

At least 16 people were killed during the week of September 11-17 in Chicago shootings, which included a gang-fueled incident on the Southwest Side that left four people, including a pregnant woman, dead. And when it was all over, the city’s homicide total for the year stood at 499, with the 500th to follow shortly … Read more →

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire The man charged with fatally shooting Maurice King man Saturday morning in the Southwest Side Gage Park neighborhood was caught driving King’s car later the same day, prosecutors said. Anthony Culpepper, 18, faces one count of first-degree murder for the shooting of the 21-year-old King, according to Chicago Police … Read more →

Maurice King was killed in a shooting Saturday morning near his home in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The 21-year-old King was walking to his vehicle at 10:11 a.m. in the 2500 block of West 58th Street, according to Chicago Police. A man approached and fired multiple shots at him, police said. … Read more →