Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN and MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire A second man has been charged in connection with the murder of Oscar Rodriguez during a gang shooting in the Southwest Side Little Village neighborhood on Labor Day 2014. Ezequiel Villanueva, 37, was charged with murder for the attack on Sept. 1, 2014, according to Chicago … Read more →

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT Chicago Sun-Times Wire Bond was set at $2 million Saturday for a Little Village man charged with fatally shooting Oscar Rodriguez and wounding a teenager on Labor Day in 2014 in South Lawndale. Oscar Garcia, 22, faces one count of murder and one count of attempted murder for the attack on Sept. … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least 10 people were killed in slayings throughout Chicago last week. One man was stabbed to death and six people were fatally shot over the weekend, when 19 others were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened when a restaurant security guard shot and killed an … Read more →

Oscar Rodriguez has died after a South Lawndale shooting that left a teenage boy critically wounded early Monday. Rodriguez, 22, and the 17-year-old boy were sitting on a porch in the 4300 block of West 25th Place when two people exited a Nissan Altima and opened fire about 2:50 a.m. Monday, authorities said. Rodriguez, of … Read more →