Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A reputed gang member was ordered held without bond Thursday for allegedly killing Maurice “Dough Boy” McKnight and shooting at his two cousins outside the Altgeld Gardens apartment complex. Damon Rogers killed McKnight on Sept. 19 in the 13000 block of South Langley, Cook County prosecutors said. One of McKnight’s … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 19 people were killed in Chicago violence last week, pushing the year’s homicide total to over the 550 mark, a number that could go up when pending autopsy results are complete. One of those undetermined cases involved a severed head and other body parts that were found … Read more →

Maurice McKnight was killed and another man wounded in a shooting Monday morning in the Riverdale neighborhood on the Far South Side. The men got into an argument with another person about 11:40 a.m. in the 13100 block of South Langley, according to Chicago Police. The other person then pulled out a handgun and opened … Read more →