Homicide Watch Chicago

By JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Wire A man has been charged with killing one roommate, Samuel Michael Rockett Jr., and wounding another in a shooting two months ago in the West Side Austin neighborhood. Jordan Scott, 26, faces one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, according to the Cook County … Read more →

By JEFF MAYES Chicago Sun-Times Wire At least 14 people were killed in violence in Chicago last week, including two women, one of whom was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend in a murder-suicide, and the other who was an innocent bystander caught in gang crossfire. The deadly week brought the homicide total for Chicago to … Read more →

Samuel Michael Rockett Jr. was killed and another man injured in a shooting early Monday in the West Side Austin neighborhood. At 3:34 a.m., the 32-year-old Rockett was shot in the head and a 26-year-old man suffered three gunshot wounds to the neck, chest and jaw in the 100 block of North Central Avenue, according … Read more →