Homicide Watch Chicago

By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times The suspected killer of Cook County Judge Raymond Myles has been charged with murder, authorities announced Thursday afternoon. Earl Wilson, 45, was charged with one count of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Myles earlier this month, according to Chicago Police. He was ordered held without bond in the … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Homicide-Watch Chicago Six more people were homicide victims in Chicago last week, including a Cook County judge shot to death in front of his South Side home, as the city’s epidemic of violence kept pace with with 2016, a year which saw the most murders in two decades. On April 19, Chicago … Read more →

By SAM CHARLES and FRANK MAIN Chicago Sun-Times A 37-year-old man who allegedly drove the getaway car that fled the scene of the fatal shooting of Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles on Monday has been charged with murder. Joshua Smith is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and obstruction, police said. The motive for … Read more →

By FRANK MAIN, ANDY GRIMM, FRAN SPIELMAN, JORDAN OWEN and ASHLEE REZIN Chicago Sun-Times Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles persuaded his South Side neighbors to install surveillance cameras on their homes. Now those same cameras could help solve Monday’s fatal shooting of the judge, Chicago Police said. Police were checking cameras to see whether … Read more →