Homicide Watch Chicago

Kortillious Gipson / Photo from Chicago Police BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN AND JORDAN OWEN Chicago Sun-Times Samuel Walker Sr. was killed just six days after his 13-year-old namesake son was murdered. While no one has been charged with the teenage boy’s shooting, the alleged gunman in the elder Walker’s murder was arrested this week. Walker was … Read more →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Eight people were murdered throughout Chicago last week. Five of the killings happened over the weekend, when 29 people were shot. The most recent murder happened when 17-year-old Jerome Harris was shot in the neck in the 1100 block of West 112th Place about 9 p.m. Sunday, authorities … Read more →

Samuel Walker Sr. (left) and Samuel Walker Jr. (right) / Family photo BY BRIAN SLODYSKO AND MICHAEL LANSU Chicago Sun-Times Samuel Walker Sr. had been preparing for the funeral of his teenage son, Samuel Walker Jr., who was gunned down last Friday in East Garfield Park. Now his family must decide whether to hold a … Read more →