Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Four men were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week — including a security guard for local rapper Twista. The week began with a 126-hour stretch without a homicide, the longest murder-free stretch of 2014, and ended with four killings since late Thursday. The most recent killing happened when … Read more →

Regimond Maxwell Jr. was found shot to death in an Austin neighborhood stairwell Thursday night. Officers responding to calls of a person shot found Maxwell unresponsive in a stairwell in the 0-100 block of South Mason Avenue about 10:40 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Maxwell, 23, of the 1500 block of South Harding Avenue, suffered multiple … Read more →