Homicide Watch Chicago

A man charged with fatally shooting Ramal “Pooh” Hicks last year just after a Father’s Day picnic in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been ordered held on a $1 million bond. Lamarr J. Isaac, 34, faces one count of first-degree murder, according to Chicago Police. Hicks had attended his family’s annual Father’s Day picnic … Read more →

By TYLER HOLMES Homicide Watch Chicago Whenever Ramal Hicks arrived at a family event, it was understood that he would be the one standing behind the grill. A beloved member of the Englewood community, he was known as much for his cooking skills as comedic nature and outgoing personality. “My brother was a jokester – … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 14 people died from violence in Chicago last week, including a woman who was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend on a crowded CTA train on the South Side, and the weekend was especially deadly, with seven fatal shootings reported between Friday night and Sunday. The deadly … Read more →

Ramal Hicks, who was shot early Monday in the Englewood neighborhood, died at a hospital about three hours later. The 34-year-old Hicks was shot in the lower back and chest about 12:45 a.m. in the 1500 block of West 69th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was taken … Read more →