Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 21 people died from violence last week in Chicago, as shooting and murder totals continue to soar in the new year. One of the fatal shootings may be ruled self-defense after a man was killed while allegedly breaking into a home and attacking a woman. ANother man … Read more →

By ALEXANDRA KUKULKA Chicago Sun-Times Wire Ricardo Villanueva died Tuesday, more than four years after being shot in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. When he was 31, Villanueva was shot in the 6000 block of South Francisco at 2:26 p.m. Dec. 10, 2011, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and … Read more →