Homicide Watch Chicago

By RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times A second man has been charged with the 2014 murder of popular Simeon High School football player Michael Flournoy III. Kevin Hines joined Kenneth Jackson and a third person in accosting the 16-year-old after the teen or his friend made comments to Jackson’s 12-year-old daughter, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney … Read more →

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Kenneth Jackson didn’t like the alleged comments Simeon High School football player Michael Flournoy made to his daughter. So, he recruited his two friends and came back to the South Side store where he argued with Flournoy earlier, Cook County prosecutors said. Jackson and his friends started punching and kicking … Read more →

Kenneth Jackson / Photo from Chicago Police BY JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times A man has been charged with the shooting death of a Simeon Career Academy sophomore and football player who was gunned down two miles from his Chatham home in April. Kenneth K. Jackson, 31, is charged with first-degree murder, murder, and mob action, … Read more →

Simeon High School football player Michael Flournoy III was shot and killed this month in the Burnside community. Reader “KJ” posted this about the shooting: “Parents please get your kids…they just don’t care about the people they hurt. These fools will shoot you in cold blood and go home eat dinner and go to bed. … Read more →

BY JON SEIDEL AND MICHAEL O’BRIEN Chicago Sun-Times The sobbing of another grieving family filled a Chatham apartment Sunday after Simeon Career Academy sophomore and football player Michael Flournoy III was shot to death two miles from home. Flournoy, 16, who lived in the 8000 block of South Evans Avenue, was shot just before 8 … Read more →