Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Two teenage boys were among at least 19 people who died last week as a result of violence in Chicago last week, as the epidemic of gunfire continued to take its toll. While 2016 saw the most murders in Chicago in more than two decades, 2017 is starting off … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor At least eight people were killed by violence throughout Chicago last week. Four of the victims were shot dead over the weekend, when at least 29 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent murder happened when police found a 36-year-old man shot in the street in … Read more →

Reginald Boston was stabbed to death Thursday evening in what police called a domestic incident on the South Side. Police said the 44-year-old was stabbed in the chest at a home in the 300 block of East 48th Street about 6 p.m. However, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said the stabbing happened in the … Read more →