Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A South Side man who gunned down his ex-girlfriend Mechelle Lewis in front of their two young children as they sat in a van last year was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to murder. After Myron Mason’s arrest last year, Cook County prosecutors said, … Read more →

Mechelle Lewis, 28, was fatally shot April 21 in the South Shore community. Prosecutors said her ex-boyfriend gunned her down in front of her young children. Reader Keoka Carter posted this about the killing: My HEART Goes To The Children And Her Family!!!!!!!! : ( : ( : ( : ( R.I.P. Ms. Lewis U … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Ten people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week. Four of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 22 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when for high school basketball star Tim Triplett was found shot to death in the 3500 … Read more →

Myron Mason / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A 33-year-old South Side man gunned down his ex-girlfriend in front of their two young children because he was angry over the transmission of a sexually transmitted disease, Cook County prosecutors said. “I know what I did. I’m the one that called. I … Read more →

BY TINA SFONDELES Chicago Sun-Times Charges were pending Wednesday for a man suspected of gunning down his ex-girlfriend as she sat in a minivan with her two young children in the South Shore neighborhood. Mechelle Lewis, 28, was shot to death about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday as she sat in a parked minivan with her children … Read more →