Homicide Watch Chicago

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago At least 14 people were killed throughout Chicago last week. Seven of the killings happened over the weekend, when at least 24 other people were wounded by gunfire. The most recent killings happened minutes apart on the West Side. A 53-year-old man was fatally shot in the 4900 block … Read more →

BY SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times A 29-year-old man slit a man’s throat in a Pilsen bar because he believed the man was talking to his girlfriend, prosecutors said. Ulises Almaraz, 29, of Berwyn, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and is also bipolar and stopped taking medication, according his attorney. Almaraz was charged with one count … Read more →

Ulises Almaraz / Photo from Chicago Police BY SUN-TIMES STAFF Ulises Almaraz has been charged with murder for the early Saturday stabbing death of Rodolfo “Rudy” Avina at a popular Pilsen bar, authorities said. Avina, a father of three who married into the family that owns the famed Nuevo Leon restaurant on 18th Street, was … Read more →

BY BECKY SCHLIKERMAN Chicago Sun-Times Rodolfo “Rudy” Avina was a mainstay in the artsy Pilsen neighborhood. A framer by trade, the 43-year-old’s craftsmanship can be found throughout the National Museum of Mexican Art in the Near West Side neighborhood. Avina, a father of three who married into the family that owns the famed Nuevo Leon … Read more →