Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatally shooting Phillip Curtis in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood more than three years ago. Terrence Ghani, 23, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Nov. 14, according to Cook County court records. Ghani fatally shot the … Read more →

Terrence Ghani / Photo from Chicago Police Terrence Ghani has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting Phillip Curtis in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood more than two weeks ago. Ghani, 20, is accused of killing 21-year-old Phillip Curtis about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 6 in the 8700 block of South Loomis Street, authorities said. Curtis’ … Read more →

Four people were shot and killed last week on the South Side. Three of the four murders last week happened during a two-hour period Wednesday evening. Nobody has been murdered since. Steven Marshall, DeMarco Powell and two other men were sitting in a vehicle in the 1400 block of West 73rd Place when two gunmen … Read more →

BY SAFIYA MERCHANT Homicide Watch Chicago Phillip Curtis was on his way to help his grandmother at her Auburn Gresham neighborhood home when he was shot to death last Wednesday. His grandmother, Lucille Murdock, said she was talking with family inside her home when gunfire erupted outside. She looked out the window and saw her … Read more →

Phillip Curtis was fatally shot in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Monday evening on the South Side. Curtis, 21, was shot in the neck, arm and abdomen in the 8700 block of South Loomis Street about 4:30 p.m., authorities said. Curtis, of the 8600 block of South Marshfield Avenue, man was taken in critical condition to … Read more →