Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 16 people died from gunshot wounds in Chicago last week, capped by a bloody Sunday during which five were killed. And the murder total could rise, pending autopsy results on two bodies found inside a burning van on the Southwest Side. The week’s final homicide was a … Read more →

Robert L. Porter Jr. was killed and another man was seriously wounded in a shooting Sunday evening in the Englewood neighborhood. Porter, 45; and a 27-year-old man were unloading boxes in an alley about 5:15 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Green when someone dressed in black walked up and fired shots, according to … Read more →