Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire A violent and bloody start to 2016 continued with at least 10 people killed by gunfire in Chicago last week, bringing the death toll from firearms to 30 in the first 17 days of the new year. A 39-year-old man was fatally shot in a Northwest Side alley Sunday … Read more →

Phillip Dupree was killed and his 62-year-old grandmother seriously wounded Wednesday afternoon in a shooting in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. Both victims were shot in the head in the 7900 block of South Laflin about 2:50 p.m., according to Chicago Police. The woman was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in … Read more →