Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been charged with killing Michael Wright just over a year ago in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side. Kinton Jones, 22, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting on Sept. 10, 2014, according to Chicago Police. Jones was driving in the … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Seven people were shot to death throughout Chicago last week. Two of the fatal shootings happened over the weekend, when at least 14 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when 28-year-old Charles Labon was fatally shot while walking in the 4100 block of … Read more →

Michael Wright died after being shot in the chest and crashing the vehicle he was driving Wednesday morning in the Burnside neighborhood. Wright, 21, was driving in the 9300 block of South Greenwood Avenue when someone in a gray car pulled alongside and somebody inside opened fire about 10:35 a.m., authorities said. Wright was struck … Read more →