Homicide Watch Chicago

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago There were more homicides in Chicago in 2016 than in the previous two decades. And after 22 more people were killed in the city last week, 2017 is shaping up to be an even deadlier year. As of July 6, 2016, there had been 341 homicides reported, according to … Read more →

Sammy McGowan was shot to death by two men who jumped out of a car Tuesday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. McGowan, 28, was standing outside at 4:56 p.m. in the 6500 block of South University, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. A white SUV pulled … Read more →