Homicide Watch Chicago

At least 10 people were killed in Chicago during the week of Oct. 16-22, including eight by gunfire, one by stabbing, and another by vehicular homicide. A man has been charged with murder a domestic-related stabbing incident that left a woman dead and two men wounded Saturday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood. Elizabeth Kennedy, … Read more →

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Rodney Wilson, during an argument in their West Side Austin neighborhood home in the fall of 2014. Erika Jett, 30, was found guilty of second-degree murder after a bench trial before Judge James Linn … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Four people were shot to death, one man was fatally stabbed and another was beaten and strangled last week in Chicago. Three of the six murder victims were fatally shot over the weekend, when at least 19 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killing happened … Read more →

Erika Jett / Photo from Cook County Sheriff’s office BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Chicago Sun-Times Erika Jett was ordered held on $500,000 bond Sunday after prosecutors claimed she fatally stabbed her boyfriend during a Thursday night fight in the Austin neighborhood. Jett, 29, and her 30-year-old boyfriend, Rodney Wilson, got in a heated argument on Thursday … Read more →

Rodney Wilson was stabbed to death during a domestic fight in the Austin neighborhood. Wilson, 30, was stabbed in the 5100 block of West Fulton Street about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. He and a woman were arguing when she pulled out a knife and stabbed him multiple times, police said. Wilson was taken to … Read more →