Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago At least 19 people died from violence the week of August 14-20 in Chicago, but it could have worse, as a mass shooting early Sunday in West Pullman killed one person, and left six others injured. The Far South Side shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m., while the group was … Read more →

Robert “Lil Rob” Thornton died Wednesday morning after being critically wounded in an Austin neighborhood drive-by shooting the night before. Thornton, 32, was standing outside about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday on a sidewalk in the 5400 block of West Rice, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A white vehicle went past … Read more →