Homicide Watch Chicago

By SAM CHARLES Chicago Sun-Times Wire Three men have been charged with a July 2014 shooting in East Garfield Park that left a 13-year-old Samuel Walker Jr. dead, and six other people wounded. Anthony Harris, Anthony Lyons and Joshua Almore, all 23, each face one count of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted first-degree … 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 →

BY MICHAEL LANSU Homicide Watch Chicago Editor Five people were shot throughout Chicago last week, including two teenage boys. The most recent murder happened about 6 p.m. Friday when 13-year-old Samuel Walker was shot in the 700 block of South California Avenue, authorities said. Six other people were wounded in the shooting, according to police. … Read more →

PHOTOS BY ALEX WROBLEWSKI For Chicago Sun-Times Samuel Walker, 13, was fatally shot Friday night as members of the Nu Church Movement set up its mobile ministry at a nearby vacant lot near South California Avenue and West Lexington Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. Read more →

BY MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA AND MEGAN GRAHAM Chicago Sun-Times It was a beautiful Friday evening, and members of the Nu Church Movement had arrived to set up its mobile ministry on a vacant lot in East Garfield Park neighborhood. Youth on the block had flocked to the lot and joined the church group, some playing games, … Read more →