Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire While it did not become official until Wednesday morning, this August has been the deadliest month in Chicago in nearly 20 years. En route to reaching that 80th homicide of the month this week, at least 22 people were homicide victims last week, including three girls 7 and younger … Read more →

A man shot to death early Wednesday on the block where he lived in the Back of the Yards has been identified as Rashon Purnell, though family members identified him as Rashon Nichols. The 24-year-old was sitting in a vehicle at 4:13 a.m. in the 5400 block of South Bishop when he was shot in … Read more →